Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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RETURN OF SANITARY WORK, 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. | |
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Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | - | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 21 |
Bakehouses: No.ofcleansings of | 11 | 16 | — | 10 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 220 |
Cisterns cleansed, covered and repaired | 1 | 38 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | _ | 21 | _ | 23 | - | 108 |
Dampness in premises remedied | 112 | 94 | 12 | 105 | 200 | 240 | 168 | 116 | 223 | 245 | 120 | 163 | 191 | 104 | 252 | 224 | 78 | 2,647 |
Drains—Cleansed or repaired | 104 | 55 | — | 54 | 51 | 60 | 86 | 24 | 73 | 43 | 50 | 40 | 42 | 112 | 48 | 73 | 51 | 966 |
Constructed or reconstructed | 47 | 25 | — | 23 | 14 | 17 | 65 | 44 | 44 | 23 | 19 | 82 | 35 | 67 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 576 |
Dust receptacles provided | 82 | 52 | 1 | 67 | 118 | 75 | 111 | 94 | 73 | 127 | 62 | 84 | 197 | 95 | 76 | 83 | 114 | 1,511 |
Number of dwelling rooms cleansed | 155 | 208 | 40 | 510 | 955 | 378 | 608 | 265 | 331 | 428 | 416 | 437 | 951 | 352 | 280 | 405 | 678 | 7,397 |
Houses ventilated beneath the lower floor | 9 | 7 | _ | 5 | 5 | _ | 6 | _ | 5 | _ | 7 | _ | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 63 | |
Improved light and ventilation provided to rooms | 7 | 7 | _ | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | _ | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 84 |
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 3 | - | 1 | - | _ | 7 | |||||
Offensive accumulations removed | 52 | 23 | — | 10 | 42 | 44 | 81 | 13 | 34 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 84 | 20 | 508 |