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. | BOTTOMLEY. | TOTALS. | |
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Number of Inspections— House to house | 339 | 217 | 316 | 355 | 149 | 206 | 350 | 476 | 436 | 637 | 455 | 582 | 281 | 553 | 269 | .. | .. | 5621 |
Miscellaneous | 2015 | 2044 | 1500 | 1315 | 1803 | 1422 | 2135 | 1918 | 1804 | 1115 | 1800 | 1837 | 1882 | 1436 | 2027 | 1578 | 1922 | 29553 |
Complaints | 73 | 161 | 231 | 270 | 169 | 249 | 223 | 140 | 115 | 108 | 45 | 143 | 245 | 82 | 110 | 149 | 8 | 2521 |
Infectious diseases | 318 | 275 | 241 | 261 | 250 | 786 | 338 | 139 | 162 | 168 | 218 | 178 | 198 | 189 | 257 | .. | .. | 3978 |
Visits to Cases of Consumption | 65 | 71 | 75 | 96 | 107 | 126 | 99 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 83 | 99 | 47 | 62 | 67 | .. | .. | 1210 |
Intimations served | 740 | 1071 | 682 | 763 | 850 | 711 | 1243 | 968 | 696 | 702 | 966 | 571 | 1346 | 733 | 862 | 840 | 975 | 14719 |
Statutory notices served | 542 | 656 | 123 | 450 | 548 | 496 | 885 | 120 | 441 | 549 | 736 | 98 | 629 | 116 | 146 | 78 | 76 | 6689 |
Houses re-visited | 4813 | 5360 | 3704 | 3768 | 5706 | 3920 | 4231 | 3551 | 3791 | 3267 | 5102 | 2570 | 4655 | 3290 | 4368 | 3676 | 5121 | 70893 |
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 8 | 3 | 27 | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 72 |
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts | 100 | 72 | 111 | 97 | 100 | 101 | 92 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 110 | 72 | 72 | 42 | 72 | .. | .. | 1257 |
Summonses „ ,, ,, ,, | 12 | .. | 5 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 83 |
Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 178 | 363 | 203 | 312 | 104 | 135 | 319 | 242 | 272 | 193 | 269 | 132 | 221 | 236 | 277 | 384 | 4155 | |
Water supply to houses re-instated | 13 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 161 | |
Drains constructed and reconstructed | 250 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 200 | 50 | 81 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 99 | 30 | 52 | 62 | 117 | .. | 20 | 1089 |
,, cleansed and repaired | 49 | 144 | 89 | 71 | 153 | 140 | 64 | 47 | 62 | 47 | 109 | 82 | 127 | 48 | 84 | 49 | 79 | 1444 |
,, trapped | 268 | 47 | 53 | 41 | 16 | 15 | 316 | 16 | 33 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 38 | 3 | 70 | .. | .. | 956 |
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated | 7 | 40 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 9 | 50 | .. | .. | 292 | ||
New closet pans and traps fixed | 262 | 63 | 59 | 162 | 224 | 140 | 204 | 77 | 79 | 10 | 156 | 48 | 71 | 86 | 157 | 12 | 20 | 1830 |
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus | 83 | 147 | 68 | 214 | 44 | 115 | 285 | 113 | 69 | 19 | 183 | 57 | 172 | 145 | 248 | 93 | 19 | 2074 |
Closets provided with light and ventilation | 9 | 32 | •• | 11 | 24 | 14 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 6 | .. | 163 | |
,, cleansed and repaired | 29 | 166 | 169 | 154 | 12 | 104 | 165 | 190 | 73 | 89 | 166 | 36 | 79 | 238 | 144 | 165 | 98 | 2077 |
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired | 365 | 221 | 44 | 128 | 263 | 204 | 182 | 201 | 143 | 7 7 | 218 | 99 | 90 | 381 | 284 | 60 | 113 | 3073 |
Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved | 79 | 42 | 17 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 55 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 33 | 39 | 5 | 11 | 430 | |
Sanitary dust receptacles provided | 144 | 176 | 58 | 32 | 132 | 55 | 78 | 75 | 32 | 41 | 181 | 143 | 76 | 81 | 118 | 57 | 90 | 1569 |
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected | 65 | 76 | 35 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 49 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 96 | .. | .. | 440 |
Houses ventilated under lower floor | 259 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 137 | 33 | .. | 1 | 605 |
Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c. | 138 | 652 | 221 | 254 | 216 | 290 | 369 | 373 | 362 | 301 | 455 | 329 | 789 | 157 | 421 | 264 | 284 | 5875 |
Overcrowding in dwelling rooms abated | 9 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 81 | 18 | 35 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 70 | 28 | 36 | 68 | 80 | 543 |
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | , , | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 8 | 2 | .. | 9 | 52 | |
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed . . | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 37 | ||
Offensive accumulations removed | 9 | 19 | 115 | 62 | 7 | 89 | 67 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 52 | 29 | 31 | 66 | 22 | 26 | 644 | |
Bakehouses inspected | 30 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 18 | .. | .. | 364 |
,, cleansed | 30 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 12 | .. | .. | 293 |
Smoke nuisances abated | 2 | 7 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 | .. | .. | 70 | |
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | .. | 7 | 19 | 6 | .. | 11 | .. | 12 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 119 | |
Damp walls remedied | 21 | 87 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 10 | 54 | 23 | 29 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 89 | 161 | 89 | 8 | 27 | 748 |
Cisterns removed or cleansed and covered | 18 | .. | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 131 |
Urinals fixed | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 14 |
Open fires in yards abolished | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 |
Canal Boats inspected | .. | 83 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 83 | ||
Areas and stables paved and drained | 16 | 2 | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | 13 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 7 | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | 57 |
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Light and ventilation provided to rooms | .. | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | 6 | 27 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 11 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 115 |