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Stepney 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT-1926.

SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT-1926.

H. ROTTOMLEY.A. C. BROWN.T. W. DEE.E. W. FLINT.C. P. GUYH. O. HARRIS.J. W. JOHNSON.H. MILLS (2i months.G. O. PAVITT.H. QUAINTRELLW. SHEPHERD.R. SIMPSON.S. H. V. TRIMMING.J. TWAITS.W. T. TWYNHAM.R. H. WATERMAN.J. WHITE. (9 months).T. P. WRACK.TOTALS
Number of Inspections— House to house307...9445329615917174511234460581135646875132353105216
Miscellaneous21451974541123015172046205332863214731293130410511171162016941154103124310
Complaints33834386230866722548396528990363314821267183876646135
Infectious diseases1001848131106213158171552075211713716577141661172025
Re-visits—Number of262330847722023230527203408561379614162290423524162804330828451610228444500
Intimations served124010312636988318711360187133548082211458751035118261949067915138
Statutory notices served2484591495383883370571309421741816774559186772773034137923
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.........12...22...14...143210......41
Food and Drugs Acts, etc —No. of samples taken96601169412190126S39896123317930911344
„ „ No. of summonses taken.........1...11...1......424.........115
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed23231121723352138
Areas and stables paved and drained...12328
Bakehouses—No. of inspections to118826930222230132225281312720405
„ No. cleanse268225302222221222728212520265
Cisterns cleansed and covered54321287144546
Damp walls remedied6420918414911312429943312114090638623261242
Drains—Cleansed or repaired78685354218179613094291755480519942701255
Constructed or reconstructed12284382714212365421225127267
Soil pipes fixed and ventilated72872639612723228116152
Trapped45364156561011388155258
Dust receptacles provided1321731676149862471625021046217842411489820202229
Houses or parts of houses cleansed4344831014963924365281186942366424883746595145462743747789
„ ventilated beneath the lower floor6112...64...172...7...45...6......97
flight and ventilation provided to rooms5131...5......52......3......2......27
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed1...211122313
Offensive accumulations removed17271047241015568222571599104389
Open fires in yards abolished3...........................4.....................7
Overcrowding in dwellings abated3283191711115145
Sheds occupied as dwellings discontinued1.................................1...............2
Sink, bath, lavatory pipes and rainwater pipes disconnected......3.........8......2...6...33...57...32141
Smoke nuisances abated......421...2...11...221......8...19
Underground rooms—Illegal occupation., discontinued5............2.................................18
Urinals fixed1......1......8.........32.........3...119
Verminous rooms cleansed51113381163048813455622486217201782732
Wash-houses, forecourts, &c., paved2423...842...39......4...41181812184
Waterclosets—Cleansed or repaired320207229376211188659656347103355152299144622213017
„ Light and ventilation provided...1...32419...2...14....102...20...885
„ Pans and traps fixed3119817172531515436299322401875964673
„ Water supply or flushing apparatus provided861825714618S35653548128501211211791153
Water supply to houses reinstated10611313525415542112
Yards cleansed, paved, or paving repaired76137271065396128151544428661288916810251331501
Miscellaneous repairs to roofs, gutters floors, sashes, fireplaces, coppers, etc682199810789959278618941921283551496113612731215121095237169416331