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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Sanitary Inspection—The following tables show the work of the District
Sanitary Inspectors:—
REPORT OF INSPECTIONS, ETC. BY THE DISTRICT SANITARY INSPECTORS—1937.
| W. E. Anstee. | J. H. Brownlee. | J. J. Coveney. | W. Cue. | R. W. G. Day | G. D. Freeland. | H. J. Green. | C. F. Guy. | W. H. Haworth | W. H. Howard. | J. Keniry. | S. Lowther. | J. G. McCarthy. | R. Roper. | W. F. Smith. | W. T. Twynham. | R. H. Waterman. | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 40 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 324 |
| Common Lodging Houses | 36 | 18 | — | 16 | — | 45 | 10 | — | 15 | — | 18 | — | — | 51 | — | 16 | 7 | 232* |
| Complaints | 518 | 706 | 66 | 522 | 951 | 641 | 1,171 | 671 | 486 | 159 | 552 | 812 | 1,111 | 555 | 783 | 695 | 218 | 11,717 |
| Factories | 130 | 96 | 8 | 32 | 57 | 33 | 138 | 79 | 94 | 51 | 22 | 78 | 21 | 322 | 208 | 191 | 90 | 1,650 |
| Houses let in Lodgings | 118 | 130 | 5 | 3 | 81 | 235 | 139 | 69 | 160 | 42 | 77 | 50 | 55 | 224 | 272 | 168 | 10 | 1,838 |
| House to House | 25 | 62 | — | 22 | 10 | 47 | 16 | 142 | 48 | 22 | 126 | 66 | 32 | 140 | 95 | 279 | 228 | 1,360 |
| Infectious Disease | 70 | 59 | 20 | 74 | 131 | 62 | 67 | 92 | 73 | 100 | 103 | 119 | 123 | 42 | 140 | 55 | 92 | 1,422 |
| Offensive Trades | — | 34 | 1 | — | — | 69 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 61 | 13 | 72 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 338 |
| Outworkers | 28 | 35 | — | 27 | 63 | — | 97 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 93 | 45 | 131 | — | 597 |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 33 | 36 | — | 65 | 29 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 42 | 14 | 25 | 73 | _ | 127 | 15 | 49 | 29 | 567 |
| Markets (week-end) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 39 |
| Seamen's Lodging Houses | 10 | 1 | — | 73 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 108 |
| Workplaces | 23 | 6 | — | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 38 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 223 |
| Workshops | 82 | 61 | — | 5 | 42 | 45 | 81 | 92 | 112 | 56 | 12 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 60 | 61 | 55 | 855 |
| Shops Act | 135 | 89 | — | 95 | 3 | 107 | 145 | 66 | 101 | 45 | 34 | 200 | 20 | 375 | 157 | 52 | 29 | 1,653 |
*In addition, 26 inspections to Women's Common lodging Houses were made by Miss Whitty.