London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 I.—continued.
| NUMBER OF HOUSES VISITED FROM DECEMBER 31ST, 1857, TO THE 31st MARCH, 1858, WHERE THE UNDERMENTIONED NUISANCES WERE FOUND TO EXIST. | OTHER WORKS, &c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Requiring Limewashing and Cleansing. | Without Dust Bins. | Requiring Repair. | Cellars and Yards ill-paved. | Without Water for domestic use. | Inadequate water supply. | Cesspools existing within 100 feet of Sewer. | Cesspools and Drain to Sewer. | Cesspools not within distance of Sewer. | Defective Drainage. | Filth in Cellars. | Privies in filthy condition. | Requiring Water to Soil Pans. | Privies in Cellars in an offensive condition. | Inadequate Privy accommodation. | Offensive Common Privies in Courts. | Overflowing Cesspools. | Stagnant Water on Premises. | Overcrowded Houses. | *Hoases unfit for human habitation. | Privies having Water Supply but without Soil Pans. | Defective and Offensive Gullies. | Gullies stopped. | Accumulation of Filth in open places. | Cow-houses and Yards visited. | Slaughter-houses visited. | Dangerous structures. | Offensive Privies. | Privies without Soil Pans or Water Supply (with Drains). | Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings. | Works in progress. | Works allowed to stand over from various causes | Works done without notice. |
| 298 | 270 | 66 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 202 | 111 | 180 | 210 | 37 | 54 | 270 | 14 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 39 | 140 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 547 | 111 | 39 | 311 | 210 | 604 |
* Filthy and Dirty Houses where Illness very frequently existed.