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 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 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. | 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. | |
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228 | 124 | 145 | 223 | 5 | 15 | 328 | 343 | 230 | 328 | 118 | 63 | 137 | 328 | 66 | 23 | 223 | *2 | None | 78 | 223 | 17 | 9 | 40 | ‡6 | 763 | 31 | |
SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED FROM DECEMBER 27th, 1856, TO 28th MARCH, 1857. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | 143 | 60 | 118 | 5 | 5 | 315 | 284 | 132 | 348 | 170 | 7 | 94 | 417 | 10 | 2 | 118 | *9 | †4 | 148 | 77 | 9 | 13 | None | †17 | 420 | 40 | |
Total. | 308 | 267 | 205 | 341 | 10 | 20 | 673 | 627 | 362 | 676 | 288 | 70 | 231 | 745 | 76 | 25 | 341 | 11 | 4 | 226 | 300 | 26 | 22 | 40 | 23 | 1183 | 71 |