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Whitechapel 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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The following Table, taken from the returns of the Registrar General, shows the comparative results during the quarter(14weeks):—

LONDON.

Jan. 2ndJan. 9thJan. 16thJan. 23rdJan. 30thFeb. 6thFeb. 13thFeb. 20thFeb. 27thMar. 6thMar. 13 thMar. 20thMar. 27thAprl 3rd
Deaths from Diarrhcea.9121216129814918191316I9
Deaths from Cholera00010010101000
Mean Tern peratureo of the Air41.°045.7°40.4°36.6°40.7°49.2°47.5°45.5°40.9°39.1°35.6°36.9°38.7°39.°0
Kain-fall in inches1.531.150.230.131.030.650.970.17O.700.470.040.570.270.24
Deaths in London16291501149015781737163114261491141914871519154915901670
Deaths in the White- chapel Dis-trict5957464461425252535846544948

SANITARY WORK PERFORMED DURING THE QUARTER.
The following return shows the amount of work done by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the quarter:—
Number of inspections of houses, as shown in the official returns ...5039
Houses systematically visited and rooms measured to ascertain
their cubic capacity 72
Number of cases of indecent occupation discovered 3
Preliminary notices served, many of such notices embracing in each
several premises 397
Compulsory orders issued, embracing 50 houses and premises 20
Summonses heard at police courts 5
Houses in which the rooms or passages have been whitewashed 162
Dust-bins provided 55
Privies lime-whited, cleansed, and repaired 86
Water-butts or cisterns provided or repaired 56
Drains in houses improved, &c 60
Cesspools abolished 10
Houses systematically re-visited 41
Cellars used as dwellings discontinued for such use 2
Yards of houses paved or the pavement repaired 72
Number of special noticcs served for registration of 109 houses 95
Slaughter-houses specially visited 36
Cow-houses ditto 24
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed 2
Area gratings, cellar flaps, &c., repaired 9
One case of the prolonged retention of a dead body complained of 1