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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| WRACK. | COOK. | MILLS. | SHEPHERD. | WHITE. | FLINT. | STILES. | TWAITS. | PAVITT. | CROOK. | SIMPSON. | JOHNSON. | QUAINTRELL. | WATERMAN. | TOTALS. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections-House to house | 288 | 152 | 96 | 1ll | 126 | 369 | 336 | 322 | 303 | 108 | 144 | 82 | 102 | 219 | 2758 |
| Miscellaneous | 1462 | 2556 | 1719 | 1922 | 1368 | 1941 | 1671 | 1764 | 1645 | 910 | 1822 | 1717 | 1149 | 1607 | 23253 |
| Complaints | 309 | 393 | 288 | 128 | 102 | 186 | 180 | 205 | 423 | 289 | 194 | 81 | 122 | 82 | 2982 |
| Infectious diseases | 250 | 532 | 570 | 195 | 312 | 249 | 293 | 622 | 393 | 471 | 371 | 419 | 226 | 310 | 5213 |
| Visits to Oases of Consumption | 86 | 162 | 98 | 40 | 184 | 216 | 210 | 146 | 102 | 159 | 108 | 114 | 89 | 116 | 1830 |
| Intimations served | 355 | 468 | 494 | 516 | 495 | 530 | 901 | 458 | 780 | 510 | 961 | 761 | 400 | 447 | 8076 |
| Statutory notices served | 127 | 253 | 462 | 170 | 267 | 203 | 388 | 442 | 558 | 345 | 678 | 104 | 49 | 75 | 4221 |
| Houses re-visited | 2487 | 2708 | 2455 | 2511 | 2378 | 2514 | 3199 | 3046 | 3193 | 2467 | 4162 | 3716 | 1370 | 2963 | 39169 |
| Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 19 |
| Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts | 70 | 73 | 85 | 66 | 75 | 82 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 72 | 38 | 77 | 1123 |
| Summonses „ „ „ „ | ... | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 56 |
| Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 111 | 241 | 145 | 220 | 184 | 225 | 251 | 175 | 149 | 105 | 344 | 268 | 213 | 227 | 2858 |
| Water supply to houses re-instated | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 110 |
| Drains constructed and reconstructed | 16 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 62 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 203 |
| „ cleansed and repaired | 66 | 58 | 31 | 70 | 58 | 56 | 97 | 50 | 147 | 60 | 127 | 154 | 89 | 56 | 1119 |
| „ trapped | 30 | 58 | 29 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 75 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 293 |
| New soil pipes fixed and ventilated | 10 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 100 |
| New oloset pans and traps fixed | 27 | 52 | 23 | 20 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 80 | 28 | 40 | 48 | 64 | 30 | 20 | 505 |
| Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus | 44 | 104 | 117 | 78 | 30 | 80 | 122 | 91 | 66 | 45 | 154 | 151 | 63 | 96 | 1241 |
| Closets provided with light and ventilation | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 10 | 4 | 10 | ... | 37 | 1 | 12 | 91 |
| „ cleansed and repaired | 100 | 107 | 134 | 50 | 32 | 70 | 165 | 41 | 43 | 100 | 177 | 133 | 90 | 86 | 1328 |
| Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired | 35 | 73 | 36 | 43 | 38 | 81 | 41 | 100 | 82 | 58 | 97 | 59 | 82 | 25 | 850 |
| Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved | 16 | 11 | 3 | ... | 25 | 3 | ... | 19 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 137 |
| Sanitary dust receptacles provided | 7 | 27 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 36 | 39 | 84 | 134 | 27 | 138 | 102 | 60 | 60 | 782 |
| Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected | 17 | 15 | 8 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 32 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 24 | 156 |
| Houses ventilated under lower floor | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 8 | 12 | ... | 36 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | 5 | 1 | 74 |
| Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c. | 191 | 373 | 352 | 2 | 280 | 386 | 965 | 348 | 455 | 205 | 551 | 787 | 400 | 440 | 5735 |
| Overcrowding in dwellings abated | 4 | 25 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 51 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 8 | ... | 184 |
| Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 |
| Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 12 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 132 | 54 | 120 | 140 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 50 | 11 | 589 |
| Bakehouses inspected | 22 | 22 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 26 | 30 | ... | 10 | 28 | 24 | 60 | ... | 45 | 329 |
| „ cleansed | 22 | 22 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 26 | 30 | ... | 10 | 16 | 24 | 11 | ... | 12 | 235 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 23 |
| Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 69 |
| Damp walls remedied | 13 | 15 | 55 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 72 | 49 | 49 | 33 | 14 | 81 | 35 | 49 | 512 |
| Cisterns cleansed and covered | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 34 | |
| Urinals fixed | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| Open fires in yards abolished | ... | 4 | ... | 8 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 |
| Canal Boats inspected | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43 | ... | ... | 43 |
| Areas and stables paved and drained | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 13 |
| Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Light and ventilation provided to rooms | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 6 | 39 | 59 |
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