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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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Tabular Summary of House Improvements for the "Sear 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. | Drains. | Pavement. | General Water Supply. | General Improvement | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number constructed. | Improvement or Repair. | Traps fixed. | Abolished. | Cleansed and Disinfected. | Pans and Traps furnished. | New ones constructed. | W ater supply provided. | Constructed. | Repaired. | Constructed. | Relaid or Repaired. | Receptacles provided. | Reccptacles repaired. | Water supply provided. | Generally repaired. | Cleansing and Limewhiting. | Ventilation. | Remarks. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
| Worship-street | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | o | () | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Green Dragon-yard | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| High-street, Norton Folgate | 40 | 40 | 8 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 1 | 2 | 0 | o | |
| Wood's-court, ditto | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | o | o | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Cork-alley, ditto | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | o | o | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Moor's-gardens, ditto | 22 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | o | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| White Lion-street, ditto | 32 | 32 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | o | o | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Blossom-street, ditto | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | o | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Blossom-place, ditto | 1 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | o | 7 | 0 | o | o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Regent's-court, Blossom-stree | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | () | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Elder-street, ditto | t> | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | o | 6 | o | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| FleurdeLis-street ditto | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Fleur de Lis-court. ditto | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Elder-coart ditto . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Fisher's-alley, Middlesex-stree | 11 | 1 1 | 0 | 1 1 | 4 | 4 | o | 4 | o | 1 ] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Frying-Pan-alley. ditto | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| New-court, ditto | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Wilk-street, Spitalfields | 40 | 40 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Quaker-street, ditto | 47 | 47 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 31 | o | 36 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Miller's-court, Dorset-street | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | o | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| New-court, ditto | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |