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Stepney 1912

[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 house332196400460306251264383483932398328284346297....5660
Miscellaneous16881597133918601464990214516311661886162812871649115020121672169226351
Complaints168196374478287275343250221143180321326145114185254031
Infectious diseases1311542331831422091215760481481577137105....1856
Visits to Cases of Consumption340233309312289383439163284290509296360264232....4703
Intimations served800968629790934583113081971159494 37471319819709815101214322
Statutory notices served5585642254665863677705064033406505665115851341271347492
Houses re-visited4390522334663550419141383425186033802585449426144094346944874053447363892
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 189111..6828....54..55..1753
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts101721028410210010273727211029724273..431249
Summonses „ ,, ,, ,,823413978417..45. .683
Houses or parts of houses cleansed2493623013251431453473142792053232881462643073343464668
Water supply to houses re-instated71410910214563141110126..7140
Drains constructed and reconstructed16335395811180343223249526403C96....886
„ cleansed and repaired721341061422056587918332155841253711140421611
,, trapped211407665623223231162431732....778
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated164125191335347153251171156....318
New closet pans and traps fixed206877463136501161206310157384855185851421
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus821841021836270246157551915530183144249115312067
Closets provided with light and ventilation65411763125333317811123..320
,, cleansed and repaired271891791572695315856164113831431211462101032117
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired3151594614122613521917811455141128101452411401212514
Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved639717185275022282113524964226563
Sanitary dust receptacles provided1281221354974511757292415412035412270981307
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected97733122118346102112152511....358
Houses ventilated under lower floor1621111711..17251371624118....890
Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c.188695226271284265490350425225411391852883242473385503
Overcrowding in dwellings abated ,,16594116137926331524..220245981463
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued2..22..49....3..12331..32
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed33..43221..13..422......66
Offensive accumulations removed816121622251694412131165..45352424676
Bakehouses inspected30312622222830201022241432814....333
,, cleansed301826222210307108231432811....271
Smoke nuisances abated42833122282113101....62
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed3..3177..195..37..10773495
Damp walls remedied2778518632456236121114297134732443800
Cisterns removed or cleansed and covered131..23395681..3526774
Urinals fixed22..1....43..118......9....40
Open fires in yards abolished......32666..3..............26
Canal Boats inspected..51..............................51
Areas and stables paved and drained162..3..132..3152....4....51
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued............1..........1........2
Light and ventilation provided to rooms....1..1947..6....715459..104

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