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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 1882

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

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TABLE IX.

Table: INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c.,Completed in the year ending December 31st, 1882.

INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c.,

Completed in the year ending December 31st, 1882.

districts.Total.
123
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected142110545743049
RESULTS OF INSPECTION—
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises11377244292290
Douses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed29713097524
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases13010465299
HOUSE DRAINS—
Repaired, Cleansed, &c.350283129762
Trapped or Ventilated427212113752
PRIVIES AND WATER CLOSETS—
Repaired, Cleansed, &c.416252197865
Supplied with Water.., ,.., ,
........
DUST BINS-
New provided1519836285
Repaired,Covered, &c.........
WATER SUPPLY—
Cisterns (new) erected2012..32
Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered........
MISCELLANEOUS-
NO. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Act, 1866........
No. of Dust Complaints received and attended3925270311957823
Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.172150124446
Removal of Animals improperly kept203365118
Regularly Inspected...36..
Licensed Cowhouses..12....
Licensed Slaughterhouses..11....
Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings..91....
Small Pox992240
Fever246162104512
Dyphtheria1213227
Diarrhœa..12..12