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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 OE WORKS EXECUTED FROM FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 27th, 1857.

TABLE II.

SUMMARY OE WORKS EXECUTED FROM FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 27th, 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 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 cleanscd. &c.New Privies constructed.Stagnant Water on Premises removed.Over-crowded Houses remedied.Houses unfitted for Human habitation.Defective Gullies remedied.Gullies cleansed.Filth in open places removed.Cow-houses and Yards cleansed, &c.Slanghter-houses improved.Dangerous structures.Other Nuisances removed, Dust, &c.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.
228124145223515328343230328118631373286623223207822317940676331
SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED FROM DECEMBER 27TH, 1856, TO DECEMBER 31st 1857
Gross Total.465328240353131372466339272742323721881051172811417318 396387 61028 4529 3844 84103 1092301 3064142 173
69345239157618281052100662210555413003551138117405041617