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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

Bethnal Green 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARV DISTRICT.

Table: TABLE VI.INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c., Completed in the year ending December31st, 1878.

TABLE VI.

INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c., Completed in the year ending December31st, 1878.

Districts.Total.
123
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected2725195811105793
Results of Inspection—
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises181112759234009
Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed8756074971979
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases186116135437
House Drains-
Repaired, Cleansed, &c.9175133541784
Trapped or Ventilated523223223969
Privies and Water Closets—
Repaired, Cleansed, &c.7514015471699
Supplied with Water
New provided. .2. .2
Dust Bins-
New provided456305115876
Repaired, Covered, &c.
Water Supply—
Laid on33291173
Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered
Miscellaneous—
No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Act, 1866109120
No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to71252925297513025
Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal, and other Refuse253109159521
Removal of Animals improperly kept292456109
BakehousesInspected Regularly933329155
Licensed Cowhouses19131042
Licensed Slaughterhouses715426
Fish-curing Premises1222..34
Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings416523129
Fever Cases13290120342
Small Pox Cases15272110334