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Stepney 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT.
| COX. | LYON. | TWAINT. | JOHNSON. | WOONTON. | WRACK. | COOK. | PAVITT. | WILLEY. | CROOK. | MILLS. | SHEPHERD. | WHITE. | FLINT. | SIMPSON. | Inspection of Houses Let in Lodgings. | TOTALS. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUAINTRELL | STILES. | |||||||||||||||||
| Number of Inspections— | ||||||||||||||||||
| House to house | 681 | 590 | 357 | 357 | 681 | 668 | 278 | 484 | 581 | 514 | 310 | 356 | 883 | 545 | 674 | 1029 | 1235 | 10639 |
| Miscellaneous | 623 | 669 | 940 | 594 | 1161 | 675 | 1107 | 667 | 486 | 777 | 590 | 1200 | 565 | 811 | 479 | ... | ... | 344 |
| Complaints | 56 | 145 | 160 | 175 | 122 | 99 | 154 | 138 | 61 | 160 | 168 | I51 | 36 | r56 | 130 | ... | ... | 1912 |
| Infectious diseases | 461 | 405 | 485 | 361 | 168 | 191 | 396 | 322 | 193 | 317 | 497 | 277 | 162 | 201 | 359 | ... | ... | 4795 |
| Intimations served | 465 | 489 | 921 | 724 | 938 | 498 | 517 | 888 | 55 2 | 644 | 662 | 792 | 604 | 751 | 977 | 129 | 166 | 10717 |
| Statutory notices served | 376 | 369 | 619 | 311 | 319 | 117 | 94 | 370 | 148 | 383 | 261 | 496 | *34 | 210 | 659 | 37 | 71 | 4974 |
| Houses re-visited | 4876 | 35z7 | 4072 | 5468 | 3741 | 3792 | 4176 | 4641 | 3°37 | 3107 | 4478 | 4074 | 3476 | 3043 | 4695 | 2634 | 2533 | 65360 |
| Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | ... | 6 | 17 | ... | ... | 41 | ... | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 103 |
| Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts | 100 | 95 | 100 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 100 | ... | ... | 1188 |
| Summonses „ ,, „ ,, | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | ... | ... | 120 |
| Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 151 | 176 | 113 | 271 | 282 | 128 | 368 | 318 | 176 | 168 | 176 | 295 | 280 | 167 | 286 | 147 | 82 | 3584 |
| Water supply to houses re-instated | 19 | 26 | 18 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 19 | 6 | ... | 315 |
| Drains constructed and reconstructed | 49 | 121 | 157 | 106 | 56 | 63 | 89 | 141 | 7 | 78 | 87 | 101 | 76 | 65 | 160 | ... | ... | 1356 |
| „ cleansed and repaired | 106 | 101 | 120 | 181 | 121 | 84 | 119 | 169 | 107 | 178 | 111 | 96 | 64 | 29 | 74 | 5 | 8 | i 1673 |
| ,, trapped | 30 | 16 | 165 | 78 | 5 | 197 | 86 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 97 | 83 | 22 | 33 | 26 | ... | ... | 902 |
| New soil pipes fixed and ventilated | 6 | 7 | 46 | 108 | 59 | 45 | 81 | 61 | 15 | 39 | 5a | 10 | 18 | 4 | 23 | ... | ... | 574 |
| New closet pans and traps fixed | 117 | 169 | 243 | 165 | 116 | 270 | 207 | 230 | 17 | 132 | 233 | 247 | 38 | 48 | 273 | 1 | ... | 2506 |
| Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus | 29 | 63 | 225 | 123 | 96 | 278 | 211 | 170 | 161 | 160 | 211 | 161 | 42 | 22 | 168 | ... | 25 | i 2145 |
| Closets provided with light and ventilation | 3 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 9 | 6 | ... | 15 | 7 | ... | 28 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . 192 |
| „ cleansed, repaired, &c. | 9 | 23 | 132 | 92 | 42 | 269 | 230 | 118 | 52 | 48 | 199 | 188 | 39 | 47 | 87 | 52 | 35 | ' 1664 |
| Yards cleansed, repaved,or paving repaired | 92 | 186 | 215 | 159 | 81 | 34 | 166 | 289 | 87 | 183 | 116 | 101 | 73 | 102 | 270 | 1 | ... | 2155 |
| Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved | 44 | 27 | 63 | 75 | 13 | 12 | 72 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 30 | , 24 | 31 | ... | ... | 487 |
| Sanitary dust receptacles provided | 80 | 82 | J53 | 146 | 60 | 9 | 35 | z58 | 60 | 39 | 60 | 15 | 47 | ' 32 | 373 | 2 | 1/ | ' 1368 |
| Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rainwater pipes disconnected | 197 | 16 | 304 | 71 | 5 | 13 | 102 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 2 | ... | 840 |
| Houses ventilated under lower floor | H | 86 | 32 | 53 | 15 | ... | 9 | 15 | 3 | ... | 33 | 3° | ic | 1 13 | 37 | 1 | ... | 351 |
| Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c. | 46 | 122 | 208 | 499 | 184 | 171 | 263 | 495 | 244 | 334 | 310 | 287 | 234 | . 267 | 309 | 76 | 1 492 | |
| Overcrowding in dwellings abated | 5 | 10 | 89 | 15 | 150 | 3 | 48 | 21 | 43 | 27 | 61 | 22 | 47 | 82 | 4 | 46 | 61 | 771 |
| Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued | 2 | *3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 118 | |||
| Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 46 | |||
| Offensive accumulations removed | 3 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 18 | 67 | 202 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 221 | 118 | 11 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 1 | ' 769 |
| Workshops inspected | 68 | 136 | 647 | 61 | 248 | 282 | 176 | 45 | 36 | 60 | 301 | 177 | 58 | 176 | 66 | 70 | 2607 | |
| ,, limewashed and cleansed | 34 | 23 | 73 | 6 | 43 | 41 | 77 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 75 | 40 | 22 | 38 | 23 | 522 | ||
| ,, ventilated and effluvium nuisances abated | ... | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 1 | ... | ... | 20 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 3 | ... | ... | 107 |
| Workshops, hoods provided to gas stoves | ... | ... | 29 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29 |
| Overcrowding in workshops abated | 3 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | 79 | |
| Additional W.C. accommodation provided for workpeople, &c. | 9 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | ... | 165 |
| Bakehouses inspected | 34 | 25 | 3i | 43 | 26 | 21 | 38 | 24 | r4 | 18 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 26 | ... | ... | 390 |
| „ cleansed | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 26 | ... | ... | 249 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | 125 |
| Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance removed | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 3 | ... | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 62 |
| Cowhouses and slaughterhouses inspected J | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 | ... | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | 110 |
| Dairies and milk shops inspected | 94 | 102 | 146 | 176 | 122 | 76 | 116 | 91 | 43 | 48 | 206 | 108 | 24 | 73 | 41 | ... | ... | 1466 |
| Damp walls remedied | 12 | 23 | 10 | 49 | 17 | ... | ... | 14 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 145 |
| Cisterns cleansed and covered | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| Urinals fixed | ... | ... | 29 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32 |
| Occupation of sheds as dwellings discontinue | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Basements closed | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Open fires in yards abolished | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51 |
| Canal Boats inspected | ... | ... | ... | 61 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61 |
| Areas and stables drained | 17 | 4 | 23 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45 |