Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE IX.
Summary compiled from the Abstracts of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors by the Senior Inspector,
for the Year 1922.
Insp. Wright. | Insp. Chapman. | Insp. Sickelmore. | Insp. Thomas. | Insp. Shaw. | Insp. Molloy. | Insp. Bishop. | Insp. Girling. | Insp. Stratton. | Insp. Grant. | Insp. Walker. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Premises cleansed throughout | 104 | 28 | 33 | 51 | 8 | 44 | 53 | 26 | 27 | 64 | 13 | 451 |
,, ,, partially | 235 | 281 | 198 | 152 | 155 | 213 | 315 | 133 | 194 | 276 | 247 | 2,399 |
,, ,, total rooms | 724 | 999 | 681 | 796 | 443 | 802 | 766 | 374 | 866 | 827 | 811 | 8,089 |
,, ,, verminous rooms | 38 | 22 | 29 | 112 | 55 | 22 | 129 | 83 | 49 | 59 | 130 | 728 |
Premises generally repaired—Walls, floors, sashes, &c. | 171 | 123 | 271 | 279 | 149 | 136 | 337 | 168 | 176 | 183 | 289 | 2,282 |
Light and ventilation improved | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 16 | 48 | 2 | ... | 5 | 86 |
Roofs, guttering, rain water pipes improved or repaired | 182 | 362 | 432 | 246 | 150 | 168 | 312 | 178 | 307 | 281 | 278 | 2,896 |
Overcrowding dealt with | 4 | 1 | ... | 11 | 1 | 5 | ... | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 41 |
Water reinstated or improved | 2 | 28 | 3 | ... | 17 | 6 | 54 | ... | 8 | 6 | 23 | 147 |
Drains newly constructed | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 35 |
,, re-constructed | 4 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 105 |
,, improved or repaired | 40 | 17 | 77 | 41 | 41 | 25 | 57 | 33 | 17 | 21 | 43 | 412 |
,, obstructions removed | 10 | 32 | 45 | 23 | 33 | 22 | 45 | 10 | 26 | 46 | 33 | 325 |
Soil and vent pipes—Improved or repaired | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 1 | ... | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 53 |
Water closets—newly constructed | 50 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 3 | ... | 133 |
improved or repaired | 186 | 123 | 90 | 164 | 70 | 75 | 191 | 60 | 105 | 192 | 147 | 1,403 |
,, obstructions removed | 10 | 29 | 17 | 26 | 14 | 23 | 52 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 31 | 232 |
Sinks, etc., improved, cleansed or repaired | 53 | 28 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 14 | 79 | 25 | 327 |
Sinks, etc., traps-provided | 22 | 6 | ... | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ... | 2 | 4 | 56 |
Outdoor premises— Floors or paving repaired | 26 | 74 | 34 | 63 | 42 | 61 | 77 | 19 | 44 | 70 | 83 | 593 |
Cleansed or limewashed | 149 | 217 | 123 | 147 | 3 | 10 | 143 | 34 | 96 | 109 | 250 | 1,281 |
Improved or repaired | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Ash-pits—Dust-bins provided | 58 | 75 | 75 | 79 | 54 | 55 | 118 | 110 | 95 | 104 | 120 | 943 |
,, Improved or repaired | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 26 |
,, Abolished | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | ... | ... | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 38 |
Accumulations removed | 49 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 37 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 216 |
Urinals cleansed or repaired | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | 27 |
Animals removed | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | 5 | 33 |