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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 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE II.-SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO THE 31st DECEMBER, 1860.

TABLE II.-SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO THE 31st DECEMBER, 1860.

Limewhiting and Cleansing.Dust Bins erected.Houses repaired.Yards and Cellars re-payed.Water supplied for domestic use.Larger supply of Water given.Cesspools abolished.Cesspools cleansed.—No Sewerage.New House Drainage made.House Drainage improved, Trapped, &c.Cellars cleansed.Filthy Privies cleansed.Water supply to Soil-pans.New Privies constructed.Pans to Privies provided.Over-crowded Houses remedied.Houses or Rooms unfitted for human habitation.Ventilation improved.Private Courts Paved.Filth in open places removed.Dangerous Structures.Other nuisances removed, Dust, Stagnant Water, &c.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.
2836202912061307455230022581217225117473738214220324666270273980824723,197803
SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED FROM DECEMBER 31st, I860, TO MARCH 30th, 1861
46197124810021136521119483522397211890618732,00761
3297212613301388455232132946238327058304260218121026777079274599525025,204864

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It will be seen in Table No. 1, Column No. 1, that the total number of Nuisances removed is *29,801, but that number does not give the details of
each separate case. For instance: the case may be an Offensive Privy, requiring—1st. Cesspool to be emptied and filled up. 2nd. To be Trapped and
Panned. 3rd. Pipes to be laid from Siphon to Sewer, &c. If each of these were shown, as a distinct work executed, the number of the Table and
Column above alluded to would be fully doubled.