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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

Whitechapel 1857

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE II.SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO 28th MARCH, 1857

TABLE II.

SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO 28th MARCH, 1857

Limewhiting and Cleansing.Dust Bins erected.Houses repaired.Yards and Cellars re-paved.Water supplied for domestic use.Larger supply of Water given.Cesspools abolished.Cesspools removed and Drains connected with Sewers.Cesspools cleansed.—No Sewerage.New House Drainage made.House Drainage improved.Cellars cleansed.Filthy Privies cleansed.Water supply to Soil-pans.Filthy Privies in Cellars cleansed, &c.New Privies constructed.Stagnant Water on Premises removed.Over-crowded Houses remedied.Houses unfitted for Human habitation.Defective Gullies remedied.Gullies cleansed.Filth in open places removed.Cow-houses and Yards cleansed, &c.Slaughter-houses improved. jDangerous structures.Other Nuisances removed, Dust, &c.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.
308267205341102067362736267628870231745762534111*4†22630026224023‡118371
SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED FROM 28th MARCH, TO 30th JUNE, 1857.
Total.20045401252013713751137689838137841250051627313160032
5083122454661220810764413813356168269882842946611*4†27736233254154‡1783103

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* These cases came under the Lodging-house Act, and have been prosccuted by the Police,
† Filthy and Dirty Houses where Illness very frequently existed. The Tenants had notice to quit, and the Houses were thoroughly cleansed,
‡ Notice given to Police, who have had the same repaired, and, in some instances, pulled down.