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Stepney 1925

[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. QUAINTRELLW. 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 house49026743111819318472729665880027783873538843572782347221
Miscellaneous178594211351938118512775351417132093214168821536182417361258113937022622
Complaints236116272809703087111661022224305137510075726875215251
Infectious diseases46491231339692137146638912413210085822...191518
Re-visits—Number of2602184518522896248223001424155022574077236730062317268026512870289477545845
Intimations served118952474598563685513055266191148842111887586284897399426915263
Statutory notices served1823486566651954028721461216075279552464655143843201557760
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891431232453...21041511...1...70
Food and Drugs Acts, etc.—No. of samples taken9160869262101908710611294979090120.........1378
„ „ No. of summonses taken...321......3...131111............17
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed2...4223...6321...33...33...37
Areas and stables paved and drained......11...8...3...2...213.........21
Bakehouses—No. of inspections to70626302230222212222028141020......6360
„ No. cleansed26422302230222210222023141020......4306
CisternsDcleansed and covered6...54...8124...1324...2......42
Damp walls remedied464033126764989311626133987238221378791128
Drains—Cleansed or repaired81193111513254138902l1234772745774754791259
Constructed or reconstructed16410321292910416112928923......3245
Soil pipes fixed and ventilated121247207182521018313......8127
Trapped103151161764293108...35143241......15376
Dust receptacles provided7644811461047014458401733616255482480172851543
Houses or parts of houses cleansed4042445064763723427382404346713417785883884483615321657928
„ ventilated beneath the lower floor314223104...2...2674......1...69
Light and ventilation provided to rooms2...113.........1311631............32
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed...121.........2...2...1...2............11
Offensive accumulations removed10963069481528102431181712333121475
Open fires in yards abolished6...............111.........1...............10
Overcrowding in dwellings abated63583221...3...1...5231242
Sheds occupied as dwellings discontinued.........................................................
Sink, bath, lavatory pipes and rainwater pipes disconnected...62526...1...9...39411330.........154
Smoke nuisances abated...33.........1114112164.........37
Underground rooms—Illegal occupation discontinued1............2.................................14
Urinals fixed811......1......22...11...3.........20
Verminous rooms cleansed3616106764473314142301391163052789661231090
Wash-houses, forecourts, &c., paved6241069810316412249212431185...483
Waterclosets—Cleansed or repaired2711108125715728210582319221619914264173242359763011
„ Light and ventilation provided...682498...10...2646322...4102
„ Pans and traps fixed255216424150593028631353103325726118709
„ Water supply or flushing apparatus provided...582713886783216301075468159458292140151227
Water supply to houses reinstated92241441333...1679353...133
Yards cleansed, paved, or paving repaired803912193836413273401644214677902386162211536
Miscellaneous repairs to roofs, gutters, floors, sashes, fireplaces, coppers, etc.67028289481614227731281561497115966715499567347321855184921016907