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 Up to the 30th day of June, 1861
Total number of Nuisances removed | Works in progress but not completed | Number of Nuisances inspected in houses or in other premises | Number of Houses systematically visited House-to- house visitation | Number of Nuisances entered in Complaint Book | Number of visits to Slaughter Houses | Number of visits to Cow Houses | Number of Summonses taken out | Number of Notices served | ||
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For Sanitary defects | For other Nuisances, Obstructions&c | |||||||||
Total | 44,856 | 213 | 23,483 | 11,001 | 10,908 | 254 | 97 | 48 | 127 | 3,791 |
Summary of Inspections for the Quarter ending 30th June, 1861 | ||||||||||
Total | 2,049 | 132 | 1,510 | 366 | 421 | 40 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 250 |
Gross Total | 46,905 | 345 | 24,993 | 11,367 | 11,329 | 294 | 130 | 49 | 135 | 4041 |
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. |