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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Sanitary
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RETURN OF SANITARY WORK, 1936.
| W. E. Anstee. | C. F. Brockett. | J. H. Brownlee. | W. Cue. | R. W. G. Day | G. D. Freeland. | H. J. Green. | C. F. Guy. | W H. Haworth | W. H. Howard. | S. Lowther. | J. G. McCarthy. | R. Roper. | W. F. Smith. | W. T. Twynham. | R. H. Waterman. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| Bakehouses: No.of cleansings of | 12 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 181 |
| Cisterns cleansed, covered and repaired | — | — | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 26 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 35 |
| Dampness in premises remedied | 74 | 30 | 84 | 85 | 139 | 99 | 153 | 289 | 133 | 209 | 154 | 180 | 57 | 256 | 239 | 103 | 2,294 |
| Drains—Cleansed or repaired | 41 | 44 | 48 | 39 | 81 | 68 | 93 | 109 | 39 | 159 | 64 | 55 | 60 | 95 | 117 | 58 | 1,170 |
| Constructed or reconstructed | 43 | 37 | 2 | 17 | 30 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 59 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 55 | 23 | 25 | 408 |
| Dust receptacles provided | 104 | 94 | 76 | 88 | 220 | 110 | 105 | 166 | 75 | 424 | 158 | 339 | 33 | 119 | 112 | 118 | 2,341 |
| Number of dwelling rooms cleansed | 273 | 195 | 326 | 846 | 1,040 | 319 | 563 | 688 | 281 | 447 | 496 | 822 | 234 | 631 | 367 | 998 | 8,526 |
| Houses ventilated beneath the lower floor | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | - | 3 | — | 2 | 23 |
| Improved light and ventilation provided to rooms | — | 6 | — | - | 3 | 3 | — | 7 | — | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | — | 46 |
| Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 1 | 27 | 34 | 16 | 46 | 52 | 73 | 18 | 26 | 42 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 93 | 15 | 529 |