London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Stepney 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

This page requires JavaScript

SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT.

TWAITS.JOHNSON.WRACK.COOK.PAVITT.CROOK.MILLS.SHEPHERD.WHITE.FLINT.SIMPSON.QUAINTRELL.STILES.DEE.WATERMAN.HARRIS.BOTTOMLEY.TOTALS.
Number of Inspections— House to house339217316355149206350476436637455582281553269....5621
Miscellaneous2015204415001315180314222135191818041115180018371882143620271578192229553
Complaints73161231270169249223140115108451432458211014982521
Infectious diseases318275241261250786338139162168218178198189257....3978
Visits to Cases of Consumption65717596107126996473768399476267....1210
Intimations served74010716827638507111243968696702966571134673386284097514719
Statutory notices served5426561234505484968851204415497369862911614678766689
Houses re-visited4813536037043768570639204231355137913267510225704655329043683676512170893
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 189131..18327..32346115472
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts10072111971001019273727211072724272....1257
Summonses „ ,, ,, ,,12..571514275..33....3....83
Houses or parts of houses cleansed1783632033121041353192422721932691322213162362773844155
Water supply to houses re-instated132678105545711202321113161
Drains constructed and reconstructed250321712200508120371099305262117..201089
,, cleansed and repaired4914489711531406447624710982127488449791444
,, trapped2684753411615316163312161238370....956
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated7409181942446331230950....292
New closet pans and traps fixed262635916222414020477791015648718615712201830
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus83147682144411528511369191835717214524893192074
Closets provided with light and ventilation932••11241434343231446..163
,, cleansed and repaired291661691541210416519073891663679238144165982077
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired365221441282632041822011437 72189990381284601133073
Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved794217173110552016917293339511430
Sanitary dust receptacles provided14417658321325578753241181143768111857901569
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected6576351616124989414742996....440
Houses ventilated under lower floor2591283891092378434413733..1605
Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c.1386522212542162903693733623014553297891574212642845875
Overcrowding in dwelling rooms abated968321868118351420147028366880543
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued26222122, ,31..182..952
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed . .94313221..23124....37
Offensive accumulations removed9191156267896791718522931662226644
Bakehouses inspected30302622223428301022242832818....364
,, cleansed30152611221228131022242832812....293
Smoke nuisances abated279....143108246122....70
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed22215..7196..411..12514137119
Damp walls remedied2187103545105423293117118916189827748
Cisterns removed or cleansed and covered18..102791010..33111102926131
Urinals fixed6..........1....12......4....14
Open fires in yards abolished......324113..6....3........32
Canal Boats inspected..83..........................83
Areas and stables paved and drained162..7..113....3..7..26....57
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued..........1..........1........2
Light and ventilation provided to rooms..5..5..627....10....111715145115