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Stepney 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Sanitary
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RETURN OF SANITARY WORK, 1935.
| W. E. Anstee. | i G. Bottomley. | C. F. Brockett. | J. H. Brownlee. | W Cue. | R. W. G. Day | T. W. Dee. | E. J. Edwards. | E. W. Flint. | G. D. Freeland. | H. J. Green. | C. F. Guy. | H. O. Harris. | W H. Haworth | W. H. Howard. | S. Lowther. | J. G. McCarthy. | R. Roper. | W. Shepherd. | R. Simpson. | W. F. Smith. | S. H. V. Trimming. | W. T. Twynham. | R. H. Waterman. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | - | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | — | 10 | _ | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | — | 3 | _ | 4 | _ | 24 |
| Bakehouses: No. of cleansings of | — | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | ] | 20 | — | — | 15 | — | — | 6 | - | 91 | |
| Cisterns cleansed, covered and repaired | - | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 3 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | - | 44 |
| Dampness in premises remedied | 2 | 51 | 90 | 38 | 3 | 131 | 20 76 | 105 | 80 | l83 | 47 | 36 | 158 | 57 | 159 | 151 | 40 | — | Ill 3 | 126 | 8 | 239 | 85 | 2,078 | |
| Drains—Cleansed or repaired | — | 49 | 52 | 19 | 2 | 57 | 23 | 38 | 36 | 25 | 81 | 48 | 8 | 80 | 23 | 81 | 73 | 57 | — | 108 | 20 | 2 | 118 | 50 | 1,050 |
| Constructed or reconstructed | - | 13 | 49 | 4 | — | 28 | 10 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 37 | — | 12 | 7 | 11 | — | 33 | 1 | — | 15 | 9 | 340 |
| Dust receptacles provided | 8 | 201 | 174 | 59 | 25 | 336 | 47 | 182 | 168 | 71 | 122 | 137 | 20 | 124 | 164 | 189 | 380 | 88 | — | 358 | 118 | 1 | 152 | 185 | 3,309 |
| Number of dwelling rooms cleansed | 13 | 352 | 299 | 144 | 45 | 1,006 | 127 | 206 | 463 | 179 | 601 | 371 | 41 | 314 | 419 | 549 | 790 | 287 | — | 785 | 437 | 2 | 473 | 931 | 8,834 |
| Houses ventilated beneath the lower floor | — | 2 | 3 | - | - | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 32 |
| Improved light and ventilation provided to rooms | — | 3 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 11 | — | 5 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 10 | — | 57 |
| Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | - | 9 | 29 | 11 | - | 31 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 89 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 25 | — | 18 | 37 | — | 102 | 13 | 532 |
| Overcrowding in dwellings abated | — | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 6 | — | — | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 9 | 63 |