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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

Mile End 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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Table: SUMMARY OF WORKS CARRIED OUT DURING THE YEAR BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.

SUMMARY OF WORKS CARRIED OUT DURING THE YEAR BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.

No. 1 District. North Ward, North East Ward, South East Ward, c. COX.No. 2 District. North West Ward and East and West Centre Wards. F. H. LYON.No. 3 District. The whole of the South and West Wards. J. TWAITS.TOTALS.
Houses and premises inspected17001469l66l4830
„ „ reinspected2766248030478293
„ „ cleansed364031107
Bakehouses inspected and re-inspected444222108
Bakehouses cleansed123217
Workshops inspected and re-inspected10299507708
Workshops measured2193666
„ cleansed272029
„ overcrowding in, abated20911
Workshops, additional W.C.'s provided to, for use of workpeople432532
Intimations of Nuisances served under Public Health Act7035039642170
Statutory notices served re Sanitary amendments188164358710
Notices re infectious diseases4103404161166
Drains tested3943435201257
„ found defective14299137378
„ reconstructed8993144326
„ cleansed and repaired1435979291
„ trapped (new stoneware gullies)92150146388
Drains provided to areas2445280
„ „ warehouses
„ „ stables and stable yards156829
Sanitary closets provided in accordance with London County Council Bye Laws3933185201231
W.C.'s provided with water and water supplies to closets reinstated5146877
W.C.'s ventilated and lighted1122740
„ new provided251623
„ water supply disconnected from domestic cistern290635
W.C.'s removed from unsuitable positions061420