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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 XV.— Tabular Summary of House Improvements for the Year ending on the 31st of December, 1857.
| Name of Street or Place. | No. of Houses in Place or Street. | No. of Houses Inspected. | Drains. | Cesspools. | Water Closets. | Dust Bins. | Pavement. | General Water Supply. | General Improvement | Remarks. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number constructed. | Improvement or Repair. | Traps fixed. | Abolished. | Cleansed and Disinfected. | Pans and Traps furnished. | New ones constructed. | Water supply provided. | Constructed. | Repaired. | Constructed. | Relaid or Repaired. | Receptacles provided. | Reccptacles repaired. | Water supply provided. | Generally repaired. | Cleansing and Limewhiting. | Ventilation. | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
| * | 2854 | 2727 | 181 | 904 | 291 | 941 | 152 | 1082 | 73 | 729 | 319 | 110 | 16 | 236 | 17 | 7 | 31 | 257 | 782 | 3 | |
| Tabular Summary of House Improvements for the Quarter ending on the 31st of March, 1858. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Heritage-street | 39 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Chicksand-street | 73 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| John's-place | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| John-street | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| George-street | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Boundary-court | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | o | o | ||||
| Steward-street | 39 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Old Castle-court | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Old Castle-street | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Castle-ride | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Duke-street | 35 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Mansell-street | 54 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | o | 0 | 0 | |
| Rose-court | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Slater's-court | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | o | 0 | o | () | o | o | 0 | o | 0 | 0 | |
| Crown-court | 39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Holloway-court | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | o | o | 6 | o | |
| Hair Brain-court | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | () | o | o | o | o | 0 | o | ||
| New Martin-street | 22 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 488 | 283 | 1 | 66 | 17 | 67 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 20 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 2 | |
The large Amount of the above Works, is now in progress.
* A.S all the totals in the last report were not accurately added up, I have corrected them in the present report. This table shows the impovements
effected. by the system of house-to-house visitation. The gross totals of the entire works done will be seen by refering to tables 1 and 2.