London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| No. of dwelling rooms cleansed | 611 | 90 | 286 | 169 | 743 | 575 | 982 | 292 | 5 | 365 | 130 | 611 | 267 | 559 | 5685 |
| Houses ventilated beneath lower floor | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | 13 |
| Improved light and ventilation provided to rooms | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 76 | - | - | - | 13 | 40 | 88 | 23 | - | 51 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 22 | 361 |
| No. of guttors and rainwater pipes fixed or repaired | 97 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 191 | 102 | 91 | 59 | 1 | 65 | 38 | 177 | 47 | 140 | 1057 |
| No. of repairs to roofs | 323 | 41 | 121 | 71 | 308 | 377 | 534 | 226 | 2 | 122 | 103 | 359 | 92 | 384 | 3063 |
| Sink, bath and lavatory pipes fixed or repaired | 45 | 6 | 56 | 7 | 160 | 62 | 93 | 43 | 1 | 37 | 22 | 212 | 53 | 194 | 991 |
| Smoke nuisance abated | 64 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 23 | 72 | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 206 |
| Urinals fixed or repaired | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | 11 | 20 | - | 14 | 58 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 115 | - | 28 | 13 | 97 | 189 | 132 | 23 | 56 | 31 | 21 | 32 | 737 |
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