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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 30 th JUNE, 1857.

TABLE II.

SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO 30 th JUNE, 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 & Drains conctd. 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 cleanscd. &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.Slanghter-houses improved.‡ Dangerous structures.Other Nuisances removed, Dust, &c.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.
50831224546612208107644138133561682698828429466114277362332541541783103
SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED FROM 30th JUNE, TO 29th SEPTEMBER, 1857.
Total.8551786762122122491221328951192154291108211069294272345
5933633235331822932886462935488257320107499334951214359472393470962506148

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* These cases came under the Lodging-house Act, and have been prosecuted 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.