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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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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.