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Stepney 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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sanitary inspectors report.

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Number of Inspections—
House to houso695769128237..10566237561441202023331622123202517
Miscellaneous150729359251298169613371463189812753516391301152213221620171322025058
Complaints614346275133147111118372410861782802393351101234244331
Infectious diseases67230293104159..207191278228692381533462711941643192
Visits to Cases of Consumption411861543776..648455493362839191481181272
Intimations served254456692486645545824833808289481992111564974656445810837
Statutory noticos served6231949840338321962069374691303726599610904352967093
Houses re-visited25672371241519772039170542382456518768232637403090281129552527265744155
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 189112224242171..1..731..49
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts..781024272..72731005272100721007375921175
Summonses „ „ „..16..1..2343161136..38
Houses or parts of houses cleansed1592642302763122154582943012702503512273335212031644828
Water supply to houses reinstated1334....5581911127243399
..142856..13120271832229513186
„ cleansed and repaired65296324071393613060159876839157661104
„ trapped..5222338..1041320..63353132423377
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated..15413..16..3..223262867
New closet pans and traps fixed347453827..12920511413581047371933595
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus275557247271521265738671511458315633501336
Closets provided with light and ventilation..3824..372..1......14..2376
„ cleansed and repaired62107145831201401772763570761551388916410771924
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired564958434257122751357516108419610530131121
"Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved..42076..652288..411510104184
Sanitary dust receptacles provided864545128423419894108119301826517012034461546
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected..3331..15124..615202470
Houses ventilated under lower floor..393....346....5..1422..51
Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c.13238737830844023510473704754842736048896525223342337763
Overcrowding in dwelliugs abated21944568825532477293
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued..2....1................11....5
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed..3..2....1......12..111..12
Offensive accumulations removed647133710169120716876..721478484
Bakehouses inspected..2230422..52301022182427..141022307
„ cleansed..2212822..19301022182430..141022263
Smoke nuisances abated....162..3..3....4......2..21
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance removed11111261..161155452..3184
Damp walls remedied52146933612657435242025950843517678
Cistorns cleansed and covered..3......1..31....5..124..20
Urinals fixed..1........2..1....14..........18
Open fires in yards abolished..5................2............7
Canal Boats inspected............50....................50
Areas and stables paved and drained..2..21................2......7
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued..........25......................25
Light and ventilation provided to rooms....132..201..............91....127