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Whitechapel 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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APPENDIX.

TABLE I

SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND WORKS EXECUTED Up to the 30th day of June, 1861

Total number of Nuisances removedWorks in progress but not completedNumber of Nuisances inspected in houses or in other premisesNumber of Houses systematically visited House-to- house visitationNumber of Nuisances entered in Complaint BookNumber of visits to Slaughter HousesNumber of visits to Cow HousesNumber of Summonses taken outNumber of Notices served
For Sanitary defectsFor other Nuisances, Obstructions&c
Total44,85621323,48311,00110,90825497481273,791
Summary of Inspections for the Quarter ending 30th June, 1861
Total2,0491321,510366421403318250
Gross Total46,90534524,99311,36711,329294130491354041
This total refers to Nuisances of every description, including the non-removal of Dust, Overflowing Gullies, &c, complaints of which have either been made at the Office or discovered by the inspectors Several cases of keeping Swine have come under the notice of the Inspectors during the past quarter, all of which have been removed agreeably to notices issued by them.