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Whitechapel 1857

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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TABLE II.

SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO 27th DECEMBER, 1856.

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 connected with SewersCesspools 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.Defeetive Gullies remedied.Gullies cleansed.Filth in open places removed.Cow-houses and Yards cleansed, &c.Slaugnter-houses improved.Dangerous structures.Other Nuisances removed, Dust, &c.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.
228124145223515328343230328118631373286623223*2None7822317940‡676331
SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED FROM DECEMBER 27th, 1856, TO 28th MARCH, 1857.
801436011855315284132348170794417102118*9†414877913None†1742040
Total.308267205341102067362736267628870231745762534111422630026224023118371