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Stepney 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT.

COOK.CROOK.DEE.FLINT.JOHNSON.MILLS.PAVITT.QUAINTRELL.SHEPHERD.SIMPSON.STILES.TWAITS.. WATERMAN.WHITE.WRACK.BOTTOM LEY.FORBES.GALVIN.HARRIS.TOLL.TRIMMING.TWYNHAM.TOTALS.
Number of Inspections— House to house431687780843378114174634787670210121021975940866485679811503589....14812
Miscellaneous336698812661591159716414791191118285612001134119415359231779198186146713765168025241
Complaints4695742122362143357091361284481925541741124191813710615119425232
Infectious diseases216368108168337170415419101422213337324137179..............3914
Visits to Cases of Consumption11410060787367587129603074514493..............1002
Intimations served7601595125881716631600143793511201593163418561174109286612516847511049560575124325513
Statutory notices served485129873774711148991179785261129710241486808825572234175261..10836334915007
Houses re-visited25562792253822494700448054001591274262542947514438392656295433651269123925859661829164365738
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 18914319110183..206413..32......9....2162
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts ..7510042727281100607210072104737272..............1167
Summonses ,, „ ,,382244322828422..........••••56
Houses or parts of houses cleansed395837463502857652902381662745491102263447834777860165060649632631213237
Water supply to houses reinstated791011081792211031551..1..222••135
Drains constructed and reconstructed278482212168..1461818411..............176
„ cleansed and repaired63925125203371588510159140947276423411..12..20121396
,, trapped6S62641295....12320162221..............246
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated27171012642....6122345..............128
New closet pans and traps fixed583935181015239261268284083403339717371719
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus9287141322272324330621891841221769060421..8617....1895
Closets provided with light and ventilation54621073..9..••..521......16......70
,, cleansed and repaired1491809617230960333894312277.362358180120220314434421356386357..6320
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired54242119722571374221078023125127515497493119821623699107923706
"Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved7941281687741427982291082423..516..19618
Sanitary dust receptacles provided7238425924850424837229521450333183229916020721410214821197135975932
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected4915..88..2..15..2538..40..............164
Houses ventilated under lower floor5942163294..44914112....33....2..150
Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c.47610165427842146982136178444414081030205285077553927563632297225583434104080732388
Overcrowding in dwellings abated38315......3..4141152......2..1••62
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued1. .14............3....2..1............12
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed4••332....2..111....................19
Offensive accumulations removed521025211989..587164214221011210283721811612
Bakehouses inspected22308202430202216223028141020..............316
,, cleansed22308202430202216223028141020..............316
Smoke nuisances abated11366....1..44..444..............38
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance removed171024..22311031022..112551155121
Damp walls remedied2594142641588911334329192112817252421601927814974432007
Cisterns cleansed find covered24221121..3336..34....842....60
Urinals fixed1..3..31......3....1..................12
Open fires in yards abolished7..................1......................8
Canal Boats inspected........46..................................46
Areas and stables paved and drained3..1........2....1111................10
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued..................1........1..............2
Light and ventilation provided to rooms11862......4..37172412..22..4......309
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