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Bethnal Green 1890

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

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BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.

TABLE VI.

Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work,&c.,completed in the Year endingDecember31st, 1890.

Districts.Total.
* 1 North2 South3 East
No. of Houses, Premises, &c. Indpected1178144510513674
No. of Re-inspections2249266628357750
Resultsof Inspection—
Orders Issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises129114391268t 4001
Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed5245365701630
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases3762 7221804
House Drains—
Repaired, Cleansed, &c.416477182
New Provided3423975
Trapped or Ventilated2653085181091
Stack Pipes and Waste Pipes Disconnected140155402697
Privies and Water Closets —
Repaired, Cleansed, &c.4004085291337
Ventilated23291668
Supplied with Water and Water Supply Apparatus3112545011066
New Provided4217
Water Supply—
Houses provided with water supply262129
Houses supply disconnected from closed cistern10176289
miscellaneous
Paying of yards repaired3093016941304
Offensive Effluvia abated522986167
No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to21010871389
Smoke Nuisances abated18614
Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse316031122
Stables paved and drained2181232
Removal of animals improperly kept39214
Overcrowding abated34411
Illegal occupation of Cellars discontinued0131730
Bakehouses Regularly Inspected523938129
Fish Curing Premises do.20351368
Licensed Cowhouses do.17131242
Licensed Slaughterhouses do.58417
Courts and Alleys periodically Inspected41231882
Legal Proceedings under the Food and Drugs Act1210729
Small Pox Cases Visited and Disinfected0101
Fever Cases visited and Disinfected266132193591
Diphtheria Cases do.2131C9100422
Number of Food Samples obtained and submitted to the public264335104

* The Inspector for No. 1 District did not commence work till the 14th April, 1890.