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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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T able P.—SANITARY AND OTHER WORK PERFORMED BY THE INSPECTORS. 1895.
| Classification of Work. | Quarter ended Mar. 30th. | Quarter ended June 29th. | Quarter ended Sept. 28th. | Quarter ended Dec. 28th. | Totals for the year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections of Houses | 5123 | 7643 | 6436 | 7867 | 26969 |
| Number of intimations served | 503 | 905 | 755 | 666 | 2829 |
| N umber of statutory notices served | 45 | 92 | 65 | 87 | 289 |
| Number of letters sent | 203 | 202 | 259 | 305 | 969 |
| Number of telegrams sent | 29 | 43 | 55 | 35 | 162 |
| Summonses taken out under Public Health (London) Act | 11 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 57 |
| „ „ Adulteration of Food and Drugs Acts | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Cellars used as dwellings caused to be discontinued to be so used | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| Cases of overcrowding and indecent occupation abated | 20 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 76 |
| Houses in which walls and ceilings have been cleansed or repaired | 72 | 262 | 452 | 347 | 1133 |
| Roofs of houses repaired | 35 | 38 | 53 | 56 | 182 |
| Ventilation of houses improved | 30 | 87 | 83 | 66 | 266 |
| Houses in which floorings of rooms, staircases, risers or treads, window-sashes and frames, baluster rails, or fire stoves have been repaired | 60 | 116 | 125 | 79 | 380 |
| Damp courses to houses inserted | 39 | 16 | 8 | .. | 63 |
| Passages and staircases of houses provided with light | .. | 9 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| Eave-gutters and stack-pipes provided or repaired | 72 | 29 | 70 | 69 | 240 |
| Nuisances from smoke abated | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 6 |
| Rooms disinfected with sulphurous acid gas after the occurrence of cases of infectious disease | 136 | 186 | 387 | 319 | 1028 |
| Articles consisting of beds, bedding, clothing, etc., removed and disinfected | 2902 | 5142 | 9709 | 11080 | 28833 |
| Articles burnt | .. | .. | 42 | 4 | 46 |
| Courts and yards of houses paved, or paving repaired | 97 | 125 | 140 | 105 | 467 |
| Drainage of houses altered, improved or reconstructed | 147 | 225 | 132 | 151 | 655 |
| Traps to drains in houses, yards or courts improved | 188 | 328 | 349 | 276 | 1141 |
| Closet pans and traps re-set | 95 | 86 | 142 | 175 | 498 |
| Closets provided with light and ventilation | .. | 15 | 9 | 8 | 32 |
| Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus, or defective water fittings repaired | 148 | 197 | 103 | 119 | 567 |
| Closets cleansed or repaired | 210 | 296 | 212 | 220 | 938 |
| Walls of yards or courts limewashed | 29 | 117 | 88 | 50 | 284 |
| Water supply to houses provided or improved | 52 | 55 | 19 | 14 | 140 |
| Nuisances from dung and other offensive matter removed | 41 | 28 | 50 | 21 | 140 |
| Area-gratings, cellar-flaps, etc., repaired | .. | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Houses closed by Magistrate's order, or by consent, as unfit for human habitation | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| Dust-bins provided or repaired, or removed, and galvanised iron dust-pails substituted | 5 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 33 |
| Samples under Sale of Food and Drugs Act submitted to the public analyst | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 120 |
| Dead bodies removed to mortuary | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 28 |
| Shed used as a sleeping department, discontinued | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Bakehouses cleansed | 4 | 5 | .. | 20 | 29 |
| Ventilation to bakehouses improved | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 9 |
| Bakehouse closed | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Bakehouse used as a sleeping apartment discontinued | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Workshops cleansed | 13 | 35 | 7 | 11 | 66 |
| Ventilation of workshops improved | 12 | 28 | 38 | 12 | 90 |
| Overcrowding in workshops abated | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| Additional closet accommodation to workshops provided | 10 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 60 |
| Workshops closed | 1 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| Receptacles for dung provided and reconstructed | 1 | 4 | .. | 4 | 9 |
| Trade nuisances abated | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
In addition to the above, the Inspectors nave had destroyed as unfit for human food during the year the following articles,
viz.:—9 bushels and 5 barrels of Pears; 110½ sacks and 6 bushels of Potatoes; 2 barrels and 61 sacks of Apples; 92 boxes and
2 bushels of Tomatoes; 1½ ton and 57 sacks of Onions; 298 baskets of Cherries ; 2 boxes of Oranges; 69 sacks of Peas; 21 baskets
of Mushrooms; 3½ tons and 18 baskets of Plums; 120 Cabbages; 8 boxes of Prunes; 33 boxes aud 1 bushel of Grapes;
80 baskets, and 12 crates of Bananas; 5 barrels of Pig's entrails; 2 barrels of Pickles; 7 barrels of Cod's Roes; 2 barrerls of
Gurnets; 47 Bream; 3 barrels of Dutch Herrings; 9 boxes of Bloaters; 8 barrels of Herrings; 5 barrels of Salmon; 1 box and
1 barrel of Whiting; 12 tins of Potted Fish ; and 900 Eggs.