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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
Limehouse 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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TABLE VII.
INSPECTORS' REPORT OP THE SANITARY WORK, &c„ Completed in the year ending December 31st, 1896.
| Sanitary Work, &c. | No. 1 District | No. 2 District. | No. 3 District. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses, Premises &c., inspected | 1372 | 1380 | 1243 | *3995 |
| Orders issued for amendments | 3533 | 2756 | 2031 | 8320 |
| Houses cleansed and whitewashed | 134 | 175 | 163 | 472 |
| Rooms disinfected, stripped and cleansed | 169 | 182 | 99 | 450 |
| Drains repaired, cleansed and trapped | 625 | 357 | 432 | 1614 |
| Drains new and reconstructed | 154 | 41 | 130 | 325 |
| Yards paved and paving repaired | 379 | 420 | 301 | 1100 |
| Water-closets, cleansed and repaired. | 476 | 520 | 315 | 1311 |
| Closets and Urinals supplied with water | 58 | 203 | 196 | 457 |
| New closets supplied | 9 | 17 | 14 | 40 |
| Water supply laid on | 68 | 55 | 40 | 163 |
| Cisterns cleansed and covered and defective water fittings | 437 | 113 | 169 | 719 |
| Waste and stack pipes disconnected from drains | 132 | 39 | 54 | 225 |
| Dust pails supplied. | 192 | 152 | 199 | 543 |
| Dust removal complaints attended to | 17 | 13 | 20 | 50 |
| Removal of accumulations, &c | 24 | 17 | 12 | 53 |
| Dead bodies removed to Mortuary | 1 | 10 | 5 | 16 |
| Canal Boats inspected | 85 | — | — | 85 |
| Flooring, Stairs, Window Sashes and Eaves Gutters provided and Roofs repaired | 621 | 387 | 309 | 1317 |
| Overcrowding abated | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Notices to Schools | 320 | 422 | 108 | 850 |
| Factory inspections | 47 | 6 | 150 | 203 |
| Factory nuisances abated | 39 | 2 | 9 | 50 |
| Bake houses inspected | 40 | 32 | 22 | 94 |
| Licensed cow sheds inspected | 10 | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| Licensed slaughter houses inspected | 2 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses | 11 | 17 | 7 | 35 |
| Houses closed, unfit for habitation | 4 | — | 6 | 10 |
| Houses demolished | — | 1 | — | I |
| Notices given to London County Council of dangerous and dilapidated premises | 9 | 40 | 45 | 94 |
| Drain test used | 604 | 709 | 324 | 1637 |
| Improved ventilation in houses | 118 | 225 | 30 | 373 |
| Basements discontinued to be used as dwellings | 1 | - | — | 1 |
| Drinking water supplies separate from the w.c.'s | 30 | 1 | _ | 31 |
| Animals removed | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Cesspools abolished | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Free Shelters inspected | — | 26 | — | 26 |
| New Dung Pits provided | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| Water closets discharging into the River Thames | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| Notices to provide Crossings, Area gratings, Flaps and Trap doors in Footways | 8 | 24 | 38 | 70 |
| Samples taken under Sale of Food and Drugs Act | 48 | 51 | 45 | 144 |
| Dust Bins defective | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
* This does not include re-inspection to premises to ascertain works in progress or
premises inspected where no nuisance was found to exist; such, if added would
probable treble the number.
In addition to this, we have had destroyed as unfit for human food during the year
the following articles, viz:—10 Boxes Kippers, 1 Trunk of Haddocks, 5 Trunks of Roker,
2 Parcels of Rabbits, a quantity of Tomatoes, 4 Boxes of Oranges, 2 Barrels of Herrings,
32 Cases of Oranges.
JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSON.
GEORGE OSBORNE PAVITT.
EDWIN THOMAS CROOK.