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Stepney 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT.

COX.LYONTWAITS.JOHNSON.WOONTON.WRACK.COOK.PAVITT.WILLEY.CROOK.MILLS.SHEPHERD.WHITE.FLINT.SIMPSON.QUAINTRELL.STILES.TOTALS.
Number of Inspections—
House to house506694812609512829687706426642529570467510758916132511498
Miscellaneous73443768355610255909426605137565439961025783618......10861
Complaints7815211819411596225106301151451382998615231755
Infectious diseases151154245153967213611962109195149829098......1911
Intimations served421498860831948453757101769168980191365266984953196912549
Statutory notices served398305624476432604697145032772741581473306551794176418
Houses re-visited4377394746175682393036463921428140254046333838994813326149222505400169211
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891...3103211421...1221...36...29121
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts9492937272727272727272727272100......1171
Summonses ,, ,, ,, ,,58954346141263613......89
Houses or parts of houses cleansed671271043583322154262182291791802622391462042112183715
Water supply to houses re-instated1717235423627431540414281150...1373
Drains constructed and reconstructed6776177846444951598981171187376146......1402
„ cleansed and repaired1211011101971509413214912911541122677611526281773
„ trapped53192202294661041911121676740653......1070
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated131238478110522013164035191118......425
New closet pans and traps fixed7093218232126722122215711226529693402481412370
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus23421361311161192731431741082793064347185141192258
Closets provided with light and ventilation2126174...2237...12411135......127
,, cleansed and repaired669711387173241167155125167933375164981620
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired112110216139691101473672741381541321317722126372460
Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved158242244354481415134292239...5359
Sanitary dust receptacles provided597717113782643225841148456562931219171571
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rainwater pipes disconnected301654134872193322328516602...385
Houses ventilated under lower floor142917558...17631...391112037114327
Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c.821432487682321643984783333562913392904263032337275831
Overcrowding in dwellings abated619881383361361566176503052322173961343
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued......20214191152724172124121
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed241415513341113...140
Offensive accumulations removed5316201612217511281114787533149033816
Workshops inspected9258349812272272572341803171846418185......2266
,, limewashed and cleansed2212415354542137154562201126......401
,, ventilated and effluvium nuisances abated11123...413118141423......68
Overcrowding in workshops abated...22818763...2173......2......79
Additional W.C. accommodation provided for workpeople, &c.2422518627534431136......123
Bakehouses inspected1192843772718383023183022142441......552
,, cleansed292013149182430912301014829......269
Smoke nuisances abated2116185134568214132......100
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance removed...25...9...7211435494763
Cowhouses and slaughterhouses inspected2691542012481268...317......126
Dairies and milkshops inspected726213120013976126103403593100266968......1340
Damp walls remedied...28276421246817...812241718...39349
Cisterns cleansed and covered............2236...2...247811...772
Urinals fixed.................................6......2......8
Open fires in yards abolished............24...32.........103...............69
Canal Boats inspected.........56.......................................56
Areas and stables drained......40...4...5.........3.........4......56