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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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RETURN OF SANITARY WORK, 1934
| G. Bottomley. | A. C. Brown | R. W. G. Day | T. W. Dee. | E. J. Edwards. | E. W. Flint. | H. J. Green. | C. F. Guy. | H. O. Harris. | W H. Haworth (4 months) | J. G. McCarthy. | R. Roper. | W. Shepherd. | R. Simpson. | W. F. Smith. | S. H. V. Trimming. | W. T. Twynham. | S. Vogler | R. H. Waterman. | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 26 |
| Bakehouses: No. of cleansings of | 20 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 4 | — | 14 | 35 | 22 | 14 | — | 10 | 277 |
| Cisterns cleansed, covered and repaired | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | 18 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 7 | 53 |
| Dampness in premises remedied | 43 | 121 | 63 | 59 | 190 | 110 | 171 | 61 | 120 | 68 | 64 | 189 | 2 | 51 | 169 | 167 | 111 | 108 | 65 | 1,932 |
| Drains—Cleansed or repaired | 71 | 80 | 97 | 31 | 66 | 21 | 67 | 44 | 64 | 9 | 87 | 64 | 3 | 151 | 11 | 51 | 122 | 79 | 66 | 1,184 |
| Constructed or reconstructed | 26 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 22 | — | 28 | 37 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 317 |
| Dust receptacles provided | 83 | 157 | 86 | 113 | 198 | 108 | 107 | 108 | 88 | 80 | 285 | 164 | 6 | 372 | 83 | 125 | 143 | 131 | 116 | 2,533 |
| Number of dwelling rooms cleansed | 474 | 224 | 483 | 328 | 680 | 545 | 656 | 506 | 492 | 130 | 627 | 473 | 6 | 671 | 451 | 305 | 458 | 518 | 699 | 8,726 |
| Houses ventilated beneath the lower floor | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 23 | 17 | — | 8 | 5 | 85 |
| Improved light and ventilation provided to rooms | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | — | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 115 | 194 |
| Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 8 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 6 | 38 | 31 | 28 | 33 | 8 | 81 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 43 | _ | 9 | 8 | 19 | 86 | 52 | 16 | 488 |
| Overcrowding in dwellings abated | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | — | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 62 |
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