[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 34

Shoreditch 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Inspector Jordan, 457 Inspector Langstone, 517 Inspector Pearson, 463 Inspector
Stokes, 510 Inspector Wright, 592 Inspector Pratt and 527 under the supervision
of Inspector Chapman. In connection with the work arising out of the sanitary
notices served, some 1,113 letters were sent to owners of property, builders, and
others concerned.
Some 44,022 visits of inspection were made by the sanitary inspectors during
the year. The premises under inspection included dwelling houses, artisans'
dwellings, houses let in lodgings, outworkers' premises, factories, workshops,
laundries and bakehouses under the Factory and Workshops Act, cowsheds and
milk vendors' premises, ice cream shops, slaughter houses, and places were food
is prepared and sold.
The house to house inspection carried out during the year is referred to later
in the report (page 39).

Table: In the subjoined table is contained a summary giving an idea at to the nature of the work done for the abatement of nuisances and for improving the dwellings of the people in the Borough, which has been compiled from the abstracts of their work prepared by the sanitary inspectors:—

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In the subjoined table is contained a summary giving an idea at to the nature of the work done for the abatement of nuisances and for improving the dwellings of the people in the Borough, which has been compiled from the abstracts of their work prepared by the sanitary inspectors:—

	Insp. Firth.	Insp. Jordan.	Insp. Lang-stone.	Inap. Pearson.	Insp. Stokes.	Insp. Wright.	Insp. Pratt.	Insp. Chapman.	Total.
New drains constructed	4	5	...	3	28	22	2	14	78
Drains re-constructed or repaired	36	23	23	32	120	28	63	30	355
Sinks trapped and disconnected	37	87	...	25	83	23	28	12	295
Stack pipes reinstated	71	25	70	101	152	26	26	57	528
Eaves gutters reinstated	75	5	43	108	142	57	38	69	537
Stack pipes disconnected	25	17	...	5	59	2	1	1	110
Accumulations of sewage removed	...	12	30	40	43	1	8	...	134
Soil pipes ventilated	...	1	1	...	2	...	...	9	13
New water closets constructed	2	32	...	7	44	2	1	...	88
W.c.'s re constructed or repaired	46	72	33	54	118	15	39	10	387
VV.c.'s cleansed and white-washed	62	369	73	149	210	90	28	121	1,105
W.c.'s flushing apparatus repaired Obstructions in w.c.'s removed	41	71	72	94	141	50	75	78	622
	36	20	26	54	38	30	58	43	305
Overcrowding in houses abated	62	6	27	47	64	30	49	15	300
Damp courses in houses provided	5	1	4	...	22	3	13	1	49
Walls pointed	49	...	7	29	65	10	13	4	177
Roofs repaired	74	17	104	111	120	65	110	133	734
Stairs repaired	67	10	8	8	56	27	5	16	197
Floors repaired	43	12	19	55	67	30	17	81	324
Ventilation under floors provided	27	...	4	13	9	5	...	3	61
Doors repaired	20	25	19	12	55	42	6	25	204
Door sills provided	38	1	3	10	...	1	...	3	56
Sashes repaired	13	18	23	65	49	42	12	59	281
Houses cleansed throughout	24	161	33	124	78	51	15	14	500
Houses cleansed in part	289	47	254	160	75	198	279	116	1,318
Total number of rooms cleansed	776	950	513	968	582	998	485	1,057	6.329
Yards or areas lime-washed	145	88	57	81	348	170	146	81	1,116
Yards paved	114	12	29	55	125	66	38	46	485
Areas and forecourts paved	7	2	2	6	43	6	1	1	68
New areas constructed	...	...	...	...	2	...	...	...	2
Sculleries paved	2	1	6	...	10	1	5	2	27
Dust receptacles provided	83	32	67	31	27	40	63	78	421
Dung receptacles provided	10	4	...	...	1	1	1	...	17
Insanitary cisterns removed	...	...	...	1	1	...	...	...	2

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Table: In the subjoined table is contained a summary giving an idea at to the nature of the work done for the abatement of nuisances and for improving the dwellings of the people in the Borough, which has been compiled from the abstracts of their work prepared by the sanitary inspectors:—