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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The following Table shows the localities which are either entirely without Sewers, or in which the Sewerage is imperfect; and Mr. S. W. I ron has kindly, at my request, made his observations on the state of the Sewerage in the several localities:-
| LOCALITIES. | REMARKS. |
|---|---|
| Whitechapel. | |
| Angel Alley | 12-inch pipe sewer, very defective. |
| Newnham Street | 9-inch pipe sewer only. |
| Scarborough Street | Ditto ditto |
| Tenter Street (East) | Ditto ditto |
| Tenter Street (West) | No sewer. |
| Tenter Street (North) | 9-inch pipe sewer only. |
| Tenter Street (South) | Ditto ditto |
| Alie Place | 6-inch pipe sewer only. |
| Gower's Row | No sewer. |
| Half-Moon Passage | Small piece of brick sewer only. |
| Colchester Street | 18-inch brick sewer, defective. |
| Rupert Street | Partly drained by an 18-inch brick sewer, defective. |
| Little Middlesex Street | 9-inch pipe sewer only. |
| New Castle Street | Brick sewer, very defective. |
| Old Castle Street | Ditto ditto |
| New Castle Place | No sewer. |
| Boar's Head Yard | 9-inch pipe sewer, very defective. |
| New Goulston Street | 9-inch pipe sewer, defective. |
| Wellclose Square | Brick sewer, defective. |
| Grace's Alley | Old pipe and brick sewers, defective. |
| Spitalfields. | |
| Grey Eagle Street | 18-inch brick sewer, very defective. |
| Fashion Street | Old brick sewer, defective. |
| Union Court | 18-inch brick sewer, defective. |
| Fashion Court | Pipe sewer, defective. |
| Princes Street | Brick sewer, defective. |
| Wood Street | Ditto ditto |
| Wilkes Street | Ditto ditto |
| Artillery Passage | Pipe sewer, very defective |
| Lower Keate Street | 12-inch pipe sewer, defective. |
| Paternoster Row | Ditto ditto |
| Mile End New Town. | |
| North Place | 6-inch pipe sewer, defective. |
| Dunk Street | 9-inch pipe only. |
| Buttress Street | Ditto ditto |
| Norton Folgate. | |
| Fleur-de-lis Street | Old and defective pipe sewer. |
| Church Passage | No sewer. |
| Chapel Street | Old and defective pipe sewer. |
| Aldgate. | |
| Burr Street | Old brick sewer, very defective. |
| Lower East Smithfield | Ditto ditto |