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 Stepney]
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COX. | TWAITS. | JOHNSON. | WRACK. | COOK. | PAVI. | CROOK. | MILLS. | SHEPHERD. | WHITE. | FLINT. | SIMPSON. | QUAINTRELL. | STILES. | DEE. | WATERMAN. | HARRIS. | BOTTOMLEY. | TOTALS. | |
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Number of Inspections- | |||||||||||||||||||
House to house | 289 | 410 | 274 | 792 | 457 | 539 | 418 | 516 | 878 | 374 | 552 | 530 | 493 | 263 | 140 | 92 | .. | .. | 7017 |
Miscellaneous | 926 | 1631 | 1180 | 1431 | 1231 | 1320 | 1225 | 1323 | 1221 | 1275 | 778 | 1241 | 1336 | 1284 | 1102 | 522 | .. | .. | 19030 |
Complaints | 75 | 208 | 167 | 78 | 239 | 141 | 111 | 256 | 130 | 85 | 93 | 104 | 45 | 114 | 144 | 54 | 26 | 8 | 2078 |
Infectious diseases | 125 | 357 | 130 | 98 | 67 | 139 | 170 | 178 | 110 | 75 | 144 | 270 | 80 | 127 | 21 | 23 | .. | .. | 2114 |
Visits to Gases of Consumption | 30 | 67 | 47 | 28 | 68 | 31 | 60 | 130 | 55 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 69 | 25 | 10 | 13 | .. | .. | 807 |
Intimations served | 162 | 771 | 846 | 752 | 720 | 1065 | 641 | 862 | 740 | 651 | 675 | 932 | 619 | 903 | 732 | 886 | 240 | 365 | 12562 |
Statutory notices served | 162 | 555 | 542 | 85 | 279 | 735 | 363 | 441 | 487 | 435 | 498 | 648 | 445 | 491 | 238 | 226 | .. | 6 | 6636 |
Houses re-visited | 1658 | 4149 | 4542 | 4125 | 3753 | 5073 | 3056 | 3244 | 3727 | 3981 | 3237 | 4934 | 4137 | 5549 | 2687 | 3644 | 749 | 979 | 63224 |
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 11 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 |
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts .. | 50 | 126 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 107 | 72 | 79 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 110 | 49 | 72 | 48 | 49 | .. | .. | 1203 |
Summonses ,, ,, ,, ,, | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 77 |
Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 53 | 131 | 340 | 239 | 392 | 168 | 216 | 203 | 220 | 245 | 146 | 248 | 179 | 133 | 258 | 592 | 126 | 139 | 4028 |
Water supply to houses re-instated | 4 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 207 |
Drains constructed and reconstructed | 13 | 127 | 58 | 31 | 36 | 110 | 54 | 35 | 15 | 30 | 36 | 116 | 55 | 159 | 7 | 21 | 1 | .. | 904 |
„ cleansed and repaired | 17 | 72 | 94 | 108 | 126 | 178 | 127 | 62 | 50 | 70 | 37 | 154 | 99 | 97 | 41 | 50 | .. | 2 | 1384 |
,, trapped | 17 | 225 | 71 | 52 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 173 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 16 | .. | 50 | 2 | 18 | .. | .. | 745 |
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated | .. | 18 | 48 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 15 | .. | .. | |
New closet pans and traps fixed | 39 | 238 | 117 | 115 | 71 | 153 | 80 | 128 | 66 | 56 | 10 | 220 | 122 | 143 | 17 | 47 | 2 | .. | 1624 |
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus | 18 | 135 | 212 | 167 | 101 | 145 | 158 | 263 | 101 | 88 | 11 | 238 | 42 | 253 | 93 | 116 | 25 | 2 | 2168 |
Closets provided with light and ventilation | .. | 37 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 155 |
,, cleansed and repaired | 2 | 70 | 132 | 194 | 148 | 42 | 83 | 174 | 75 | 102 | 65 | 116 | 112 | 252 | 190 | 165 | 55 | 76 | 2053 |
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired | 37 | 170 | 164 | 68 | 152 | 318 | 180 | 102 | 65 | 195 | 100 | 176 | 132 | 220 | 267 | 159 | 15 | 47 | 2567 |
Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved | 11 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 14 | 13 | .. | 61 | 32 | 6 | 23 | 88 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 383 |
Sanitary dust receptacles provided | 25 | 141 | 148 | 4 | 52 | 164 | 67 | 53 | 47 | 18 | 27 | 174 | 48 | 87 | 55 | 104 | 7 | 19 | 1240 |
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected | 5 | 64 | 57 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | .. | .. | 287 |
Houses ventilated under lower floor | .. | 63 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 121 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | 287 |
Miscellaneous repairs, viz. : roofs, floors, gutters, &c. | 37 | 216 | 603 | 241 | 283 | 380 | 275 | 303 | 259 | 447 | 225 | 390 | 271 | 671 | 234 | 269 | 78 | 110 | 5292 |
Overcrowding in dwelling rooms abated | 5 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 27 | 8 | 57 | 40 | 27 | 24 | 30 | 15 | 138 | 30 | 90 | 32 | 41 | 645 |
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .. | 12 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 52 |
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed . . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 35 |
Offensive accumulations removed.. | .. | 12 | 9 | 60 | 117 | 7 | 12 | 232 | 42 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 78 | 46 | 35 | 34 | 8 | 14 | 752 |
Bakehouses inspected | 16 | 51 | 35 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 39 | 12 | 28 | .. | .. | 349 |
,, cleansed | 16 | 51 | 22 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 23 | .. | .. | 284 |
Smoke nuisances abated | .. | 4 | 3 | 7 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 64 |
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 89 |
Damp walls remedied | 4 | 23 | 60 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 55 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 77 | 111 | 41 | 10 | 12 | 568 |
Cisterns cleansed and covered | .. | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | 92 |
Urinals fixed | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 |
Open fires in yards abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 33 |
Canal Boats inspected | .. | .. | 76 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 76 |
Areas and stables paved and drained | 5 | 12 | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 77 |
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Light and ventilation provided to rooms | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 18 | .. | 7 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 101 |
The figures relating to Mr. Cox are for the period ending June, 1909.