Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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APPENDIX.
TABLE I.
SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND WORKS EXECUTED
SINCE THE
1st of January, 1856, to the 2nd of October, 1858.
From February, 1856, to the Quarter ending 3rd July 1858. | For the Quarter ending 2nd October, 1858. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of Nuisances removed. | Works in progress but not completed. | Number of Nuisances inspected in houses and yards. | Number of Houses systematically visited. House-to- house Visitation. | Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Books. | Number of Summonses taken out. | Number of Notices served. | Works in progress but not completed. | Number of Nuisances Inspected. | Number of Houses systematically visited. | Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book. | Number of Summonses taken out | Number of Notices served. | ||
For defective Drainage | For other Nuisances | For defective Drainage. | For other Nuisances. | |||||||||||
12.371 | *1090 | 6887 | 3552 | 5198 | 23 | 76 | 1487 | 365 | 995 | 178 | 483 | 1 | 6 | 263 |
* The larger number of these cases refers to the requirement of water to soil pans.