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Whitechapel 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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T able P.—SANITARY AND OTHER WORK PERFORMED BY THE INSPECTORS.--1899.
| Classification of Work. | Quarter ended April 1st, 1899. | Quarter ended July 1st, 1899. | Quarter ended Sept. 80th, 1899. | Quarter ended Dec. 80th, 1899. | Totals for the year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections of Houses as shown in the Official Returns | 7599 | 7780 | 5718 | 6593 | 27690 |
| Preliminary notices served | 714 | 530 | 564 | 544 | 2352 |
| Compulsory orders issued | 268 | 226 | 193 | 223 | 910 |
| Summonses taken out under Public Health (London) Act | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 |
| ,, ,, Adulteration of Food and Drugs Acts | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| Cellars used as dwellings caused to be discontinued to be so used | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Cases of overcrowding and indecent occupation abated | 2 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 62 |
| Houses in which walls and ceilings have been cleansed or repaired | 259 | 155 | 174 | 72 | 660 |
| Roofs of houses repaired | 76 | 48 | 26 | 69 | 219 |
| Ventilation of houses improved | 19 | 15 | .. | 17 | 51 |
| Houses in which floorings of rooms, staircases, risers or treads, window-sashes and frames, baluster rails, or fire stoves have been repaired | 24 | 48 | 28 | 10 | 110 |
| Damp courses to houses inserted | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Passages and staircases of houses provided with light | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Eave-gutters and stack-pipes provided or repaired | 96 | 58 | 23 | 41 | 218 |
| Nuisances from smoke abated | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 26 |
| Rooms disinfected with sulphurous acid gas, &c., after the occurrence of cases of infectious disease | 144 | 166 | 248 | 243 | 801 |
| Articles, consisting of beds, bedding, clothing, etc., removed and disinfected | 3713 | 3550 | 6340 | 4834 | 18437 |
| Articles burnt by consent | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Courts and yards of houses paved, or paving repaired | 62 | 91 | 70 | 63 | 286 |
| Drainage of houses altered, improved or reconstructed | 95 | 89 | 64 | 68 | 316 |
| Traps to drains in houses, yards or courts improved | 184 | 151 | 127 | 72 | 534 |
| Closet pans and traps re-set | 92 | 88 | 75 | 52 | 307 |
| Closets provided with light and ventilation | 23 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 44 |
| Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus, or defective water fittings repaired | 102 | 104 | 77 | 71 | 354 |
| Closets cleansed or repaired | 202 | 199 | 198 | 120 | 719 |
| Walls of yards or courts limewashed | 35 | 41 | 42 | 54 | 172 |
| Water supply to houses provided or improved | 20 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 66 |
| Nuisances from dune or other offensive matter removed | 81 | 73 | 84 | 65 | 303 |
| Houses closed by Magistrates' order, or by consent, as unfit for human habitation | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Dust-bins provided or repaired, or removed, and galvanised iron dust-pails substituted | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Samples under Sale of Food and Drugs Act submitted to the public analyst | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 122 |
| Bakehouses cleansed | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | |
| Ventilation to bakehouses improved | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 |
| Bakehouses closed | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Workshops cleansed | 34 | 37 | 12 | 26 | 109 |
| Ventilation of workshops improved | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Overcrowding in workshops abated | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Additional closet accommodation to workshops provided | 5 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 42 |
| Workshops closed | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 |
| Receptacles for dung provided and reconstructed | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
. Jn addition to the above the Inspectors have had destroyed, as unfit for human food, during the year the following articles,
£lz-:--l|086 basket of Plums; 1,011 tubs of Strawberries; 3*2 tubs of Kaspberries; 2 baskets of Cherries; 10 boxes and G
bust els of Pears ; 4 cases and 2 boxes of Oranges; 21 bags of Onions ; 6 cases and 7 boxes of Tomatoes; 30 boxes of Potatoes;
baskets ol French Beans; 10 bags of Broad Beans; 2 boxes of Lemons ; 4 boxes of Grapes ; 8 bushels of Apples ; 3 bushels
of rrunes; 2 bags of Walnuts; 1 Kit of Cods' Roes; 94 tins of Salmon; 28 tins of Lobster; 47 Gurnets; 5 Cod Fish; 50
Bloaters; 2 baskets and 600 of Herrings ; 1 hamper of Winkles; 1 trunk of Oat Fish; 2 boxes and ^-barrel of Skate; 2 trunks of
Haddocks; 1 basket of Fresh Water Fish; 800 Eggs ; 14 Fowls and 2 Ducks,