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Stepney 1914

[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.
Number of Inspections— House to house29217441030433866187177378471410155425427205..14420
Miscellaneous..2152164517571996140814062388176719442109159816731834137519391696181230499
Complaints2271152573682513694221881942713701803301761032151024138
Infectious diseases27516022714131348140920212714323826418043131....3334
Visits to Cases of Consumption15382302163319113435178148140118379153124100....2907
Intimations served6018007286408055181096737632743979508133181163678985213206
Statutory notices served4444392933714973546244003594377024164934921151281016665
Houses re-visited3472425934823452390231902899366636972865464028754621287639743153491861941
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891126..413..1..11......24....44
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts ..100721008110010010972727410072724272....1238
Summonses „ ,, ,, ,,64259963441......5....64
Houses or parts of houses cleansed1513542073611892443351902752762781652232943483232814494
Water supply to houses re-instated12204....217..64153..2374
Drains constructed and reconstructed1204334378527181128384945201475....644
,, cleansed and repaired54130671051339653457060116841214590..101279
,, trapped1965748119820773420811491328....652
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated215516236181812218261032....230
New closet pans and traps fixed157106636512537626047211493423491061251121
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus7413112813641822051424319165171351141997451710
Closets provided with light and ventilation ..22513575831111234••153
„ cleansed and repaired5012115415257852901505792111641811441592861412294
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired15111654127122651267010269136110102156100177771860
Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved176314196247..3361283383411304
Sanitary dust receptacles provided787559258654768414913810355647067871162
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected1112320154414..6215913050....304
Houses ventilated under lower floor7031128132718323124....149
Miscellaneous repairs, viz. : roofs, floors, gutters, &c.2094531743322611894012592795404663473162112923013325362
Overcrowding in dwellings abated83334141454152516287692295092463
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued2....2..102118....733....39
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed ..11..31..21..22....11....15
Offensive accumulations removed..171316686561786772810452641203324772
Bakehouses inspected34312422224032221022242832414....361
,, cleansed34202422221232221022232830314....318
Smoke nuisances abated32123118212112922......79
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed15515126312..63..1251168128
Damp walls remedied2151719332245940317163689361712491
Cisterns cleansed and covered11..2311124211..483..44
Urinals fixed5114..1..2......13..123....42
Open fires in yards abolished......91336..2....3........27
Canal Boats inspected..93..............................93
Areas and stables paved and drained15....2....11..651..31....35
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued......................1..........1
Light and ventilation provided to rooms......1..25....12....2142516692

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