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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 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE II.SUMMARY Of WORKS EXECUTED UP TO DECEMBER 31ST, 1857.

TABLE II.

SUMMARY Of WORKS EXECUTED UP TO DECEMBER 31ST, 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 SewersCesspools cleansed.—No Sewerage.New House Drainage made.House Drainage improved.Cellars cleansed.Filthy Privies cleansed.Water supply to Soil-pans.Eilthy 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.Eilth in open places removed.Cow-houses and Yards cleansed, &c.Slaughter-houses improved.‡ Dangerous structures.Other Nuisances removed, Dust, &c. •Dangerous Cellar Elaps and Area Gratings.
693452391576182810521006622105554130035511381174050416173966104538841093064173
SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED FROM DECEMBER 31st, 1857, TO MARCH 31st, 1858.
Total.2987962705731031018039123375419014219412391407429105939
991531453646233513621316802109466433740S13281314252320294357505242861184123212

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* Some of these cases under the Lodging-house Act, and have been prosecuted by the Police ; the others received Notices from your Inspectors,
‡ 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.