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 Whitechapel]
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TABLE I.— continued.
NUMBER OP HOUSES VISITED SINCE THE 27th DECEMBER, 1856, WHERE THE UNDERMENTIONED NUISANCES WERE FOUND TO EXIST. | OTHER WORKS, &c. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Requiring Limewashing and Cleansing. | Without Dust Bins. | Requiring Repair. | Cellars and Yards ill paved. | Without Water for domestic use. | Inadequate water supply. | Cesspools existing within lOOfeet of Sewer. | Cesspools and Drain to Sewer. | Cesspools not within distance of Sewer. | Defective Drainage. | Filth in Cellars. | Privies in filthy condition. | Requiring Water to Soil Pans. | Privies in Cellars in an offensive condition. | Inadequate Privy accommodation. | Offensive Common Privies in Courts. | Overflowing Cesspools. | Stagnant Water on Premises. | Overcrowded Houses. | * Houses unfit for human habitation. | Privies having Water Supply but without Soil Pans. | Defective and Offensive Gullies. | Gullies stopped. | Accumulation of Filth in open places. | Cow-houses and Yards visited. | Slaughter-houses visited. | Dangerous structures. | Offensive Privies. | Privies without Soil Pans or Water Supply (with Drains). | Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings. | Works in progress. | Works allowed to stand over from various causes. | Works done without notice. |
191 | 403 | 98 | 235 | 9 | 25 | 494 | 404 | 132 | 192 | 7 | 94 | 680 | 10 | 3 | 61 | 62 | 235 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 148 | 77 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 17 | 680 | 408 | 40 | 1058 | 79 | 58 |
* Filthy and Dirty Houses where Illness very frequently existed.