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Mile End 1882

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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A Table of the Sanitary Inspector's work is appended, shewing the large amount of labour accomplished in his department.

Year ending 25th March.Cesspools emptied and abolished.Drains cleansed.Houses and Premises connected with Sewers.Pigs removed.Accumulation of Offensive Matter removed.Houses cleansed and purified.Old Drains abolished.Slaughter-houses visited.Cow-houses visited.Orders served for supply of Water.[ Dust Bins provided.Water supplied to Closets.Traps supplied to Drains, &c.Houses visited where Contagious Disease had occurred.Yards repaved and repaired.Dung Pits ordered.Infected Bedding destroyed in houses.Houses disinfected, Smallpox having occurred.Notices sent to Dust Contractor.Number of Articles disinfected.Overcrowding abated.Closets cleansed and repaired.New Closets built.Old Wells abolished.Water supply disconnected 1 from sinks.
185824022126511192627
185917610129727
186014419641928
1861838516532
186211610913531
186315012116711043353750
1864193136198117483437160
1865202139306114493638240
1866180150300130403334301
1867976406109754962373227304571320361300
1868351691201427228373395902542
186910996130102214710940 !383843542
187094103125121810850423672530348624
187143155761024133434237221490160323194
1872171581268232436934453070240921531228
1873391301261024204663938123819711270
1874231631321319127120374220418710765
18752819212017301301103435179411754
18761017595123713680294515869540
1877162871333947244241073173839
1878185521237684023461763437437272615
18791964918406436234610492224222210332041
188018273123670412347138214138141506165612236
188152315814321343721489601364213672030364

(Signed) HENRY LESHAW.