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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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RETURN OF SANITARY WORK, 1939.
| W. E. Anstee. | J. H. Brownlee. | J. J. Coveney. | W. Cue. | R. W. G. Day | G. D. Freeland. | C. F. Guy. | J W. H. Haworth | j W. H. Howard. | J. Keniry. | S. Lowther. | j J. G. McCarthy. | | R. Roper. | W. F. Smith. | W. T. Twynham. | E. P. Webber. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 6 | - | 1 | 20 |
| Bakehouses: No. of cleansings of | 14 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 16 | — | — | 4 | 14 | 161 |
| Cisterns cleansed, covered and repaired | 10 | 23 | 10 | — | — | — | 25 | 1 | 57 | 14 | 6 | — | — | 18 | _ | 5 | 169 |
| Dampness in premises remedied | 123 | 232 | 171 | 83 | 197 | 278 | 290 | 201 | 442 | 65 | 336 | 185 | 157 | 261 | 316 | 150 | 3,487 |
| Drains—Cleansed or repaired | 47 | 30 | 32 | 42 | 89 | 25 | 74 | 30 | 63 | 45 | 28 | 53 | 45 | 25 | 55 | 119 | 802 |
| Constructed or reconstructed | 23 | — | 15 | 25 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 28 | 22 | 42 | 13 | 17 | — | _ | 1 | 20 | 270 |
| Dust receptacles provided | 41 | 23 | 37 | 57 | 91 | 69 | 89 | 25 | 107 | 9 | 129 | 102 | 11 | 40 | 59 | 86 | 975 |
| Number of dwelling rooms cleansed | 183 | 305 | 524 | 420 | 974 | 482 | 554 | 333 | 1159 | 177 | 744 | 675 | 316 | 486 | 399 | 463 | 8,194 |
| Houses ventilated beneath the lower floor | 3 | 2 | — | 14 | — | — | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 19 | 1 | — | 53 |
| Improved light and ventilation provided to rooms | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 16 | — | 3 | — | 13 | 5 | 58 |
| Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 8 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 27 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 28 | 48 | 46 | 354 |