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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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 | .. | .. | ||||||||||||||||
Miscellaneous | ||||||||||||||||||
Complaints | ||||||||||||||||||
Infectious diseases | .. | .. | ||||||||||||||||
Visits to Cases of Consumption | .. | .. | ||||||||||||||||
Intimations served | ||||||||||||||||||
Statutory notices served | ||||||||||||||||||
Houses re-visited | ||||||||||||||||||
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 24 | ||||||
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts | 72 | 78 | 97 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 101 | 71 | 72 | .. | .. | 1213 | ||||||
Summonses „ ,, „ ,, | .. | .. | 17 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||||||||||
Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 217 | 272 | 172 | 378 | 163 | 337 | ||||||||||||
Water supply to houses re-instated | 8 | .. | 16 | .. | 1 | |||||||||||||
Drains constructed and reconstructed | 17 | 11 | 18 | .. | ||||||||||||||
,, cleansed and repaired | 61 | 65 | 118 | .. | 13 | |||||||||||||
,, trapped | .. | 11 | 17 | .. | ||||||||||||||
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated | 10 | 31 | 10 | .. | 6 | 13 | .. | .. | ||||||||||
New closet pans and traps fixed | .. | .. | ||||||||||||||||
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus | 66 | 33 | 25 | 1435 | ||||||||||||||
Closets provided with light and ventilation | 11 | 10 | 5 | 9 | .. | 1 | 1 | 23 | .. | .. | ||||||||
,, cleansed and repaired | 66 | 113 | 86 | 195 | 100 | 58 | 116 | 122 | 183 | |||||||||
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired | 117 | 109 | 100 | 40 | 88 | 101 | 123 | 102 | 90 | 75 | 1773 | |||||||
Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved | 61 | 58 | 21 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 261 | |||||||||
Sanitary dust receptacles provided | 25 | 113 | 101 | 66 | 36 | 1192 | ||||||||||||
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected | 28 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 32 | .. | .. | ||||||||
Houses ventilated under lower floor | 86 | .. | 11 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 30 | .. | .. | 220 | ||||||||
Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c. | 250 | 810 | 470 | 279 | 246 | 305 | 231 | |||||||||||
Overcrowding in dwellings abated | 13 | 17 | 7 | 29 | 12 | 50 | 322 | |||||||||||
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 27 | ||
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | ||
Offensive accumulations removed | 15 | 80 | 68 | 15 | 230 | 26 | 45 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 26 | ||||||
Bakehouses inspected | 10 | .. | .. | |||||||||||||||
,, cleansed | 15 | 22 | 20 | 35 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 13 | .. | .. | 331 | |||||
Smoke nuisances abated | 1 | 13 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 87 | ||||
Damp walls remedied | 23 | 70 | 11 | 39 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 35 | 13 | 102 | 66 | 21 | 31 | 603 | ||||
Cisterns cleansed and covered | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 21 | .. | 1 | |||||||
Urinals fixed | 2 | 7 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | |||
Open fires in yards abolished | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Canal Boats inspected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Areas and stables paved and drained | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Light and ventilation provided to rooms | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 35 |
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