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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Number of verminous rooms cleansed (Sec. 20) | 1,953 | |
| Number of filthy articles purified (Sec. 19) | 56 | |
| Number of sanitary conveniences altered (Sec. 22) | 4 | |
| Number of sanitary conveniences removed (Sec. 22) | — | |
| Number of fixed ashpits removed (Sec. 23) | 13 | |
| L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1907. | ||
| Number of tenement houses dealt with as regards water supply (Sec. 78) | 40 | |
| Number of persons accommodated during the year | 59 | |
| Number on Register | 400 | |
| Number of Inspections | 869 | |
| Number of Notices served | 170 | |
| Number of Inspections | 5,621 | |
| Number of defects | 3,149 | |
| Number of Notices served | Intimations | 3,010 |
| Statutory Notices | 957 | |
| Number of houses for which applications were received during the year | 4 | |
| Number of tenements comprised therein | 37 | |
| Number of tenements for which certificates were (a) granted 30 (b) refused 7 (c) deferred | — | |
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| (c). For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious to health | — | |
| 2 | ||
| (e). In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc | 6 | |
| (/). As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. | — | |
| (,g). For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc | — | |
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| (/'). With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets | — | |
| (;'). With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Act, Sec. 202) | 4 | |
| (A). With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Acts Amendments (By-laws) Act, 1899) | _ | |
| Total number of bodies removed | 581 | |
| Total number of infectious bodies removed | 2 | |