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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Obstructive Buildings—continued.
Total number of houses in the
borough 38,914
No. of houses for the workingclasses
:—
(а) erected during year 17
(b) in course of erection 15
Underground Rooms.
No. illegally occupied 11
Overcrowding.
No. of rooms overcrowded 56
Prosecutions —
Cleansing.
No. of adults cleansed 465
No. of children cleansed 302
Water Supply to Tenement Houses.
Premises supplied 2
Sale of Food.
No. of premises used other
than ice cream premises,
milk shops and cowsheds 461
Disinfection Shelter.
Persons accommodated 66
No. of houses occupied by the
working-classes 38,914
No. closed or illegal occupation
discontinued 11
No. remedied 56
No. of rooms or premises
cleansed 3,032
Prosecutions —
No. of inspections 12,663
Ophthalmia Neonatorum Regulations.
No. of notifications received during the year
from certified midwives 1
Sanitary Officers.
No. of Sanitary Inspectors (Whole time)—Male, 20*. Female, Nil.
,, ,, (Part time)—Male, Nil. Female, Nil.
No. of Health Visitors—Whole time, 11. Part time, Nil.
*2 temporary.
House to House.
Number of Inspections 13,170
Number of Houses where defects have been found to exist 8,117
Number of houses where Intimation Notices have been served 8,117
Number of houses where Statutory Notices have been served 3,792