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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SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT-1925.
| H. ROTTOMLEY. | T. W. DEE. | E. W. FLINT. | H. O. HARRIS. | J. W. JOHNSON. | H. MILLS. | G. O. PAVITT. | H. QUAINTRELL | W. SHEPHERD. | R. SIMPSON. | S. H. V. TRIMMING. | J. TWAITS. | R, H. WATERMAN. | J. WHITE. | T. P. WRACK. | A. C. BROWN. | W. T. TWYNHAM. | C. F. GUY (Temporary) | TOTALS. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections House to house | 490 | 267 | 431 | 118 | 193 | 184 | 727 | 296 | 658 | 800 | 277 | 838 | 735 | 388 | 435 | 72 | 78 | 234 | 7221 |
| Miscellaneous | 1785 | 942 | 1135 | 1938 | 1185 | 1277 | 535 | 1417 | 1320 | 932 | 1416 | 882 | 1536 | 1824 | 1736 | 1258 | 1139 | 370 | 22622 |
| Complaints | 236 | 116 | 272 | 809 | 70 | 308 | 711 | 166 | 102 | 222 | 430 | 513 | 75 | 100 | 757 | 268 | 75 | 21 | 5251 |
| Infectious diseases | 46 | 49 | 123 | 133 | 96 | 92 | 137 | 146 | 63 | 89 | 124 | 132 | 100 | 85 | 82 | 2 | ... | 19 | 1518 |
| Re-visits—Number of | 2602 | 1845 | 1852 | 2896 | 2482 | 2300 | 1424 | 1550 | 2257 | 4077 | 2367 | 3006 | 2317 | 2680 | 2651 | 2870 | 2894 | 775 | 45845 |
| Intimations served | 1189 | 524 | 745 | 985 | 636 | 855 | 1305 | 526 | 619 | 1148 | 842 | 1118 | 875 | 862 | 848 | 973 | 994 | 269 | 15263 |
| Statutory notices served | 182 | 348 | 656 | 665 | 195 | 402 | 872 | 146 | 121 | 607 | 527 | 955 | 246 | 465 | 514 | 384 | 320 | 155 | 7760 |
| Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ... | 2 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 70 |
| Food and Drugs Acts, etc.—No. of samples taken | 91 | 60 | 86 | 92 | 62 | 101 | 90 | 87 | 106 | 112 | 94 | 97 | 90 | 90 | 120 | ... | ... | ... | 1378 |
| „ „ No. of summonses taken | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 |
| Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 37 |
| Areas and stables paved and drained | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 21 | |
| Bakehouses—No. of inspections to | 70 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 22 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 20 | ... | ... | 6 | 360 |
| „ No. cleansed | 26 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 22 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 20 | ... | ... | 4 | 306 |
| CisternsDcleansed and covered | 6 | ... | 5 | 4 | ... | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 42 |
| Damp walls remedied | 46 | 40 | 33 | 126 | 76 | 49 | 89 | 31 | 16 | 26 | 133 | 98 | 72 | 38 | 22 | 137 | 87 | 9 | 1128 |
| Drains—Cleansed or repaired | 81 | 19 | 31 | 115 | 132 | 54 | 138 | 90 | 2l | 123 | 47 | 72 | 74 | 57 | 74 | 75 | 47 | 9 | 1259 |
| Constructed or reconstructed | 16 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 23 | ... | ... | 3 | 245 |
| Soil pipes fixed and ventilated | 12 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 13 | ... | ... | 8 | 127 |
| Trapped | 10 | 31 | 51 | 16 | 17 | 64 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 8 | ... | 35 | 14 | 32 | 41 | ... | ... | 15 | 376 |
| Dust receptacles provided | 76 | 44 | 81 | 146 | 104 | 70 | 144 | 58 | 40 | 173 | 36 | 162 | 55 | 48 | 24 | 80 | 172 | 85 | 1543 |
| Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 404 | 244 | 506 | 476 | 372 | 342 | 738 | 240 | 434 | 671 | 341 | 778 | 588 | 388 | 448 | 361 | 532 | 165 | 7928 |
| „ ventilated beneath the lower floor | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 26 | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 69 |
| Light and ventilation provided to rooms | 2 | ... | 1 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32 |
| Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 10 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 94 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 123 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 475 |
| Open fires in yards abolished | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 |
| Overcrowding in dwellings abated | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 42 |
| Sheds occupied as dwellings discontinued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Sink, bath, lavatory pipes and rainwater pipes disconnected | ... | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | 39 | 41 | 13 | 30 | ... | ... | ... | 154 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 37 |
| Underground rooms—Illegal occupation discontinued | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 |
| Urinals fixed | 8 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 20 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 36 | 16 | 106 | 76 | 44 | 73 | 31 | 41 | 42 | 30 | 139 | 116 | 30 | 52 | 78 | 96 | 61 | 23 | 1090 |
| Wash-houses, forecourts, &c., paved | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 69 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 164 | 12 | 2 | 49 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 85 | ... | 483 |
| Waterclosets—Cleansed or repaired | 271 | 110 | 81 | 257 | 157 | 282 | 105 | 82 | 3 | 192 | 216 | 199 | 142 | 64 | 173 | 242 | 359 | 76 | 3011 |
| „ Light and ventilation provided | ... | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | ... | 10 | ... | 2 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 102 |
| „ Pans and traps fixed | 25 | 52 | 16 | 42 | 41 | 50 | 59 | 30 | 28 | 63 | 13 | 53 | 103 | 32 | 57 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 709 |
| „ Water supply or flushing apparatus provided | ... | 58 | 27 | 138 | 86 | 78 | 32 | 16 | 30 | 107 | 54 | 68 | 159 | 45 | 82 | 92 | 140 | 15 | 1227 |
| Water supply to houses reinstated | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | 67 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ... | 133 |
| Yards cleansed, paved, or paving repaired | 80 | 39 | 121 | 93 | 83 | 64 | 132 | 73 | 40 | 164 | 42 | 146 | 77 | 90 | 23 | 86 | 162 | 21 | 1536 |
| Miscellaneous repairs to roofs, gutters, floors, sashes, fireplaces, coppers, etc. | 670 | 282 | 894 | 816 | 1422 | 773 | 1281 | 561 | 497 | 1159 | 667 | 1549 | 956 | 734 | 732 | 1855 | 1849 | 210 | 16907 |