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 Limehouse]
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INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c.,
completed in the year ended December 31, 1876.
Sub-districts.
Sanitary Work.
Limehouse.
Ratcliff,
Shadwell and
Wapping.
Total.
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected
395
35o
745
Results of Inspection—Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments
of Houses and Premises
298
13
30
298
141
Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed,
Repaired, and Whitewashed
138
112
Houses Disinfected after Infectious
Diseases
142
House Drains—Repaired, Cleansed, &c
55
17
72
Trapped or Ventilated
77
xoo
177
Privies & Water Closets—Repaired, Cleansed, &c
65
53
118
New provided
4
4
Dust Bins--New provided
10
6
16
Repaired, Covered, &c
34
6
40
Water Supply—Cisterns (new) erected
19
5
24
Cisterns Cleansed Repaired, and Covered
6
4
10
Miscellaneous—No. of Dust Complaints received and attended
to
466
10
486
952
14
Removal of accumulation of Dung, "Stagnant
Water, Animal, and other Refuse
4
Removal of Animals improperly kept.
7
3
10
Licensed Cowhouses (Regularly Inspected)
14
14
28
Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings
6
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6
GEO. HURLOCK,
THOMAS STAPIF.
Inspectors.