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Stepney 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT.

COX.TWAITS.JOHNSON.WRACK.COOK.PAVI.CROOK.MILLS.SHEPHERD.WHITE.FLINT.SIMPSON.QUAINTRELL.STILES.DEE.WATERMAN.HARRIS.BOTTOMLEY.TOTALS.
Number of Inspections-
House to house28941027479245753941851687837455253049326314092....7017
Miscellaneous9261631118014311231132012251323122112757781241133612841102522....19030
Complaints7520816778239141111256130859310445114144542682078
Infectious diseases125357130986713917017811075144270801272123....2114
Visits to Gases of Consumption306747286831601305550576769251013....807
Intimations served162771846752720106564186274065167593261990373288624036512562
Statutory notices served16255554285279735363441487435498648445491238226..66636
Houses re-visited165841494542412537535073305632443727398132374934413755492687364474997963224
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891115....1114..121511........43
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts ..50126777573107727972727211049724849....1203
Summonses ,, ,, ,, ,,29527665314811053....77
Houses or parts of houses cleansed531313402393921682162032202451462481791332585921261394028
Water supply to houses re-instated416213131424151814918111764....207
Drains constructed and reconstructed131275831361105435153036116551597211..904
„ cleansed and repaired1772941081261781276250703715499974150..21384
,, trapped172257152471761731928416..50218....745
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated..1848182322163036104234341415.....
New closet pans and traps fixed39238117115711538012866561022012214317472..1624
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus18135212167101145158263101881123842253931162522168
Closets provided with light and ventilation..375225146122364912......155
,, cleansed and repaired2701321941484283174751026511611225219016555762053
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired37170164681523181801026519510017613222026715915472567
Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved112932139311413..61326238841511383
Sanitary dust receptacles provided2514114845216467534718271744887551047191240
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected56457171683588233262519....287
Houses ventilated under lower floor..6311174..313510213121151....287
Miscellaneous repairs, viz. : roofs, floors, gutters, &c.37216603241283380275303259447225390271671234269781105292
Overcrowding in dwelling rooms abated527434727857402724301513830903241645
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued..8..121..64181..1262....52
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed . .2421212..51442221....35
Offensive accumulations removed....129601177122324214151778463534814752
Bakehouses inspected16513582224201522819246391228....349
,, cleansed165122822245301485246141223....284
Smoke nuisances abated..437..411214123553......64
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed..511175610424716475489
Damp walls remedied4236079411433115536111377111411012568
Cisterns cleansed and covered..6285451491043410251..92
Urinals fixed..7......1..1......44..........17
Open fires in yards abolished........11....36..42241......33
Canal Boats inspected....76..............................76
Areas and stables paved and drained512....9172..1320845......77
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued..........................1........1
Light and ventilation provided to rooms..5............2218..712172657101

The figures relating to Mr. Cox are for the period ending June, 1909.