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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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.
TABLE VI.
Districts. | Total. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
* 1 North | 2 South | 3 East | ||
No. of Houses, Premises, &c. Indpected | 1178 | 1445 | 1051 | 3674 |
No. of Re-inspections | 2249 | 2666 | 2835 | 7750 |
Resultsof Inspection— | ||||
Orders Issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises | 1291 | 1439 | 1268 | t 4001 |
Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed | 524 | 536 | 570 | 1630 |
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases | 376 | 2 7 | 221 | 804 |
House Drains— | ||||
Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | 41 | 64 | 77 | 182 |
New Provided | 34 | 2 | 39 | 75 |
Trapped or Ventilated | 265 | 308 | 518 | 1091 |
Stack Pipes and Waste Pipes Disconnected | 140 | 155 | 402 | 697 |
Privies and Water Closets — | ||||
Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | 400 | 408 | 529 | 1337 |
Ventilated | 23 | 29 | 16 | 68 |
Supplied with Water and Water Supply Apparatus | 311 | 254 | 501 | 1066 |
New Provided | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Water Supply— | ||||
Houses provided with water supply | 26 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
Houses supply disconnected from closed cistern | 10 | 17 | 62 | 89 |
miscellaneous | ||||
Paying of yards repaired | 309 | 301 | 694 | 1304 |
Offensive Effluvia abated | 52 | 29 | 86 | 167 |
No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to | 210 | 108 | 71 | 389 |
Smoke Nuisances abated | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse | 31 | 60 | 31 | 122 |
Stables paved and drained | 2 | 18 | 12 | 32 |
Removal of animals improperly kept | 3 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
Overcrowding abated | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
Illegal occupation of Cellars discontinued | 0 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
Bakehouses Regularly Inspected | 52 | 39 | 38 | 129 |
Fish Curing Premises do. | 20 | 35 | 13 | 68 |
Licensed Cowhouses do. | 17 | 13 | 12 | 42 |
Licensed Slaughterhouses do. | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
Courts and Alleys periodically Inspected | 41 | 23 | 18 | 82 |
Legal Proceedings under the Food and Drugs Act | 12 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
Small Pox Cases Visited and Disinfected | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Fever Cases visited and Disinfected | 266 | 132 | 193 | 591 |
Diphtheria Cases do. | 213 | 1C9 | 100 | 422 |
Number of Food Samples obtained and submitted to the public | 26 | 43 | 35 | 104 |
* The Inspector for No. 1 District did not commence work till the 14th April, 1890.