London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Stepney 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK—( cont.)

INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK—( cont.)

Sanitary Work, &c.No. 1 District.No. 2 District.No. 3 District.Total.
Factory nuisances abated1211225
Bakehouses inspected40282694
Licensed slaughter-houses inspected82...10
Houses closed unfit for human habitation...3...3
Houses demolished11......11
Notices given to London County Council of dangerous and dilapidated premises6261749
Drain test used8247654021991
Improved ventilation in houses692527121
Basements discontinued to be used as dwellings1...23
Drinking water supplies separate from W.C.'s1...45
Animals removed113317
Cesspools abolished......33
Free shelters inspected1011930
New dung pits provided94...13
Water closets discharging into the river Thames...2810
Notices to provide crossings, area gratings, fiaps and trap doors in footways22......22
Samples taken under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts474848143
Dust-bins defective...9...9
Licensed cow-sheds inspected63312
Smoke nuisances abated461222
Legal proceedings, i.e., summonses741755

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We have also had destroyed as unfit for human food during the
year the following articles, viz.:—1 van load of Potted Meat; 1 box
of Mackerel; 1 box of Haddocks; 1 box of Eels; 2 cwt. of Meat; 68
tins of Pineapple; 176 bags of Garlic; 18 boxes of Oranges; 4 boxes
of Herrings.
JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSON.
GEORGE OSBORNE PAVITT.
EDWIN THOMAS CROOK.