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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 APRIL 3rd, 1858.

table ii.

SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO APRIL 3rd, 1858.

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 cleansed.—No Sewerage.New House Drainage made.House Drainage improved, Trapped, &c.Cellars cleansed.Filthy Privies cleansed.Water supply to Soil-pans.New Privies constructed.Pans to Privies provided.*Over-crowded Houses remedied.†Houses unfitted for Human habitation.Ventilation improved,Private Courts Paved.Filth in open places removed.‡Dangerous structures.Othernuisances removed, Dust, StagnantWater,&c.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.
991531453640233513628021094664337409132842129420291185211858312112
SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED FROM APRIL 3rd, TO JULY 3rd, 1858.
2588938670117810572'241492102453003513113642
Total12416204917132336154090711067363784581538441339232911115713169672154

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*Some of these cases came under the Lodging-house Act, and hare been prosecuted by the Police; the others received Notices from the Inspectors.
† Filthy Houses where Illness 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.