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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SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT.
| Twaits. | Johnson. | Wrack. | Cook. | Pavitt. | Crook. | Mills. | Shepherd. | White. | Flint. | Simpson. | Quaintrell. | Stiles. | Dee. | Waterman. | Harris. | Bottom ley. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections— House to house | 495 | 458 | 369 | 640 | 475 | 338 | 548 | 589 | 442 | 587 | 631 | 609 | 746 | 585 | 563 | .. | .. | 8075 |
| Miscellaneous | 1614 | 1294 | 1264 | 1237 | 1178 | 1583 | 1898 | 1490 | 1326 | 828 | 1230 | 1695 | 1203 | 1476 | 1632 | .. | 24 | 20972 |
| Complaints | 96 | 113 | 131 | 272 | 166 | 187 | 246 | 166 | 116 | 118 | 39 | 100 | 175 | 84 | 124 | 143 | 22 | 2298 |
| Infectious diseases | 155 | 77 | 69 | 55 | 84 | 135 | 111 | 114 | 76 | 79 | 88 | 123 | 85 | 62 | 111 | .. | .. | 1424 |
| Visits to Cases of Consumption | 30 | 37 | 33 | 38 | 26 | 30 | 44 | 40 | 34 | 47 | 28 | 38 | 80 | 35 | 35 | .. | .. | 575 |
| Intimations served | 836 | 694 | 539 | 805 | 860 | 771 | 1390 | 841 | 633 | 666 | 932 | 639 | 939 | 603 | 687 | 783 | 1014 | 13632 |
| Statutory notices served | 629 | 564 | 72 | 212 | 607 | 940 | 828 | 208 | 344 | 537 | 731 | 445 | 381 | 152 | 166 | 53 | 36 | 6905 |
| Houses re-visited | 5589 | 5322 | 4518 | 3771 | 5668 | 3710 | 3829 | 3662 | 3562 | 3523 | 5270 | 3288 | 4529 | 2996 | 4619 | 3386 | 4827 | 72069 |
| Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 45 |
| Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts .. | 100 | 79 | 110 | 72 | 100 | 100 | 77 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 110 | 72 | 72 | 43 | 72 | .. | .. | 1225 |
| Summonses „ „ „ „ | 9 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .. | 7 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 81 |
| Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 145 | 317 | 130 | 325 | 99 | 170 | 355 | 259 | 290 | 111 | 265 | 160 | 207 | 238 | 202 | 293 | 349 | 3915 |
| Water supply to houses re-instated | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 13 | .. | .. | 178 |
| Drains constructed and reconstructed | 259 | 42 | 66 | 44 | 168 | 78 | 20 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 134 | 42 | 85 | 46 | 86 | .. | .. | 1156 |
| „ cleansed and repaired | 59 | 113 | 122 | 62 | 126 | 88 | 53 | 71 | 48 | 37 | 127 | 85 | 129 | 56 | 98 | 28 | 38 | 1340 |
| „ trapped | 336 | 48 | 131 | 51 | 45 | 54 | 70 | 23 | 56 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 38 | 41 | 150 | 2 | .. | 1089 |
| New soil pipes fixed and ventilated | 14 | 36 | 13 | 49 | 29 | 96 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 66 | .. | .. | 388 |
| New closet pans and traps fixed | 261 | 93 | 107 | 184 | 204 | 118 | 227 | 71 | 57 | 25 | 197 | 68 | 114 | 43 | 192 | 11 | .. | 1972 |
| Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus | 64 | 159 | 120 | 236 | 83 | 130 | 356 | 105 | 48 | 6 | 190 | 35 | 233 | 73 | 177 | 94 | 13 | 2122 |
| Closets provided with liglit and ventilation | 42 | 48 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | .. | 183 |
| „ cleansed and repaired | 18 | 133 | 181 | 172 | 32 | 243 | 183 | 133 | 104 | 95 | 191 | 63 | 287 | 206 | 154 | 146 | 88 | 2429 |
| Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired | 325 | 185 | 67 | 132 | 264 | 147 | 123 | 163 | 156 | 10 | 262 | 135 | 176 | 303 | 207 | 97 | 94 | 2846 |
| Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved | 86 | 41 | 43 | 11 | 60 | 53 | 6 | .. | 66 | 76 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 549 |
| Sanitary dust receptacles provided | 151 | 122 | 1 | 44 | 104 | 53 | 84 | 50 | 26 | 45 | 219 | 87 | 75 | 57 | 90 | 40 | 104 | 1352 |
| Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected | 168 | 154 | 45 | 21 | 34 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 160 | 28 | .. | 767 |
| Houses ventilated under lower floor | 170 | 11 | 3 | 38 | 12 | .. | 7 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 81 | 44 | .. | 8 | 430 |
| Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c. | 194 | 581 | 266 | 261 | 232 | 240 | 431 | 410 | 452 | 234 | 496 | 300 | 653 | 166 | 275 | 179 | 263 | 5633 |
| Overcrowding in dwelling rooms abated | 8 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 37 | 18 | 73 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 63 | 44 | 30 | 149 | 106 | 668 |
| Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 11 | 6 | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 41 |
| Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 41 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 10 | 18 | 126 | 58 | 8 | 9 | 209 | 34 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 53 | 42 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 32 | 737 |
| Bakehouses inspected | 32 | 34 | 26 | 20 | 22 | 34 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 18 | .. | .. | 358 |
| „ cleansed | 32 | 14 | 26 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 15 | .. | .. | 279 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | 3 | 2 | 10 | .. | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | .. | 12 | 15 | 8 | 6 | .. | .. | 89 |
| Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | .. | 3 | .. | 17 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .. | 8 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 96 |
| Damp walls remedied | 22 | 95 | 4 | 29 | 75 | 26 | 35 | 24 | 45 | 29 | 24 | 16 | 54 | 142 | 48 | 16 | 18 | 702 |
| Cisterns cleansed and covered | 8 | 8 | .. | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 4 | .. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 139 |
| Urinals fixed | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 25 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 |
| Open fires in yards abolished | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 9 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 55 |
| Canal Boats inspected | .. | 63 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 63 |
| Areas and stables paved and drained | 29 | 4 | 6 | 7 | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | .. | 2 | 10 | 8 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 81 |
| Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Light and ventilation provided to rooms | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 11 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 11 | 19 | 73 | 45 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 221 |