Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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Summonses Issued 3.5
Number of Summonses Heard 35
Number of Visits to ascertain the Progress of Work required to be done
under Notices served 13195
Work executed in Compliance with Notices Served:—
Houses Cleansed and Purified 2594
Houses Closed as unfit for Human Habitation 37
Cases in which Defective Drainage has been Remedied 1514
Cesspools Abolished 193
Closets Cleansed and Purified 971
Privy Accommodation Provided 106
Urinals Cleansed 150
Removals of Accumulations of Dung and other Offensive Matter 246
Animals Removed in consequence of being a Nuisance, or kept in a condition
Injurious to Public Health 452
Ash Bins Provided 163
SCAVENGING AND DUSTING.
Considerable improvement has taken place in this department, and
altogether I may report favourably in relation thereto.
In the first quarter of the present year (1869) there were 1297 Births—
viz., 631 Boys and 648 Girls; the Deaths were 721. The causes of, and
the ages at death, will be found in Table V.
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours obediently,
THOMAS SARYIS, M.D.
350, Bethnal Green Road.