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Stepney 1915

[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 house484224497130392978979327265419182519243181....4128
Miscellaneous152117491291208615326551571161917121292144116941580131121681132115526509
Complaints20910942536531628136911510113527813421517972156633513
Infectious diseases29215722128927238534215813697257221172115178....3292
Visits to Cases of Consumption151119114219128271191801149611723415892174....2258
Intimations served675872677654983523884560511694977637135660065551460012381
Statutory notices served4535512523566553J75763493063027147060039290334916428
Houses re-visited4112463537513604426129802916273732322353491925894343277647152639327359835
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891..3..1624....1..1..141..24
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts1007292781001009772727210171724272....1213
Summonses „ ,, „ ,,....3261734342..912....60
Houses or parts of houses cleansed185402792642172052721722283783351631962363223372334224
Water supply to houses re-instated428354..4825416817..191
Drains constructed and reconstructed13017375743521135143053271873914..584
,, cleansed and repaired7513860611749565238721118951002792..131224
,, trapped152386472..6562332962731511175..599
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated1025311624014210820..61332....229
New closet pans and traps fixed163868558814072604326122622431179....1132
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus66138112118292415593333513425133912222431435
Closets provided with light and ventilation1152105999..52111523....143
,, cleansed and repaired6611314713612786195100497684582021161221831241984
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired23010439117246109100408858101123102949075571773
Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved61582153614286151152062261
Sanitary dust receptacles provided9010829291273813442254311372101666079361192
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected138284217351118222613250....366
Houses ventilated under lower floor863..116311313174523530....220
Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c.2508101773064252074702793304845084058032464203052316666
Overcrowding in dwellings abated6362613173372912158501792843322
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued......2..321..11....521....27
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed44..51......1..2....3......20
Offensive accumulations removed1521806881523026173210452827161726681
Bakehouses inspected33302422204532241022242630732....381
,, cleansed28152422203532241022242630613....331
Smoke nuisances abated12132......1443258......45
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed111423418318219411587
Damp walls remedied237011539246133035131410266822131603
Cisterns cleansed and covered322....6442..3..221..150
Urinals fixed2743..1......2....3......22
Open fires in yards abolished......2162..24..............17
Canal Boats inspected..62..............................62
Areas and stables paved and drained3..116..........4......68....38
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued......................1..........1
Light and ventilation provided to rooms........63336142221235419135

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