London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Shoreditch 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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The rainwater pipe being defective or stopped 29
Draxn defective 22
Drain stopped or partially stopped 18
Drain untrapped or improperly trapped
Fresh air inlet defective 9
New W. Cs. provided-new buildings. 6
-additlonal. 1
-separate sexes 1
W.C. foul or offensive 3
W .C. pan defective 8
W.C. stopped or partially stopped. 3
W.C. without water supply or has defective flush of water 6
W.C. flushing apparatus defective 37
W.C. insufficiently lighted or ventilated 10
Sink, Bath or lavatory improperly drained 1
Waste pipe to sink, bath or lavatory untrapped or improperly
trapped 14
Stopped or partially stopped 8
Defective 18
Connected direct with drain 2
Paving or flooring of yard, court, area, wash house or W. C.
defective 22
Walls or floors or paving of outbuildings, yard, court. area,
wash house or W.C., foul 75
Dust receptacle defective 3
Accumulation or deposit of refuse or offensive matter. 22
Trade refuse deposited otherwise than in a proper receptacle
Manure receptacles defective or foul -
Animal kept in such place or manner as to be a nuisance 1
Urinal foul or offensive 27
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF FOOD.
500 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst during the year, giving
a rate of 11.0 per 1,000 population.
These were as follows
Arrowroot 6, Aspirin tablets 8; Baking powder 2; Benzoic acid 1;
Black pudding 7; Borax and honey 3; Boric acid 8; Boric acid
ointment 4; Brawn 5; Bread 6; Bun, Cake and Pudding mixtures 19;
Butter 7; Calamine Lotion 1; Camphorated oil 4; Castor oil 4;
Cocoa 2; Coffee and Coffee and Chicory 9; Cooking fats 7; Custard
powder 2; Drinks, soft 10; Eucalyptus 4; Fish, canned 7; Fish
paste 19; Glycerine 9; Gravy preparations 6; Herbs 2; Ice Cream 19;
Iodine 4; Jelly Crystals 1; Macaroni 1; Margarine 7; Meat paste 18;
Meat pie 3; Meat produots 6; Milk 97; Milk, condensed 16; Oats 1;
Paraffin 6; Pastries 7; Pepper 9; Pickles 10; Potato crisps 1;
Sauces 19; Sausages 26; Seidlitz powder 4; Soup 17; Spices 7;
Spirits 18; Stuffing mixtures 6; Tea 11; Throat Pastilles 10;
Vegetables, canned 1; Vinegar 8; Zinc ointment 5.