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Stepney 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT.
H.
BOTTOMLEY.
A. COOK.
T. W. DEE.
E. W. FLINT.
H. O. HARRIS.
J. W. JOHNSON.
H. MILLS.
G. O. PAVITT.
H.
QUAINTRELL
W. SHEPHERD.
R. SIMPSON.
J. TWAITS.
R. H.
WATERMAN.
J. WHITE.
T. P. WRACK.
S. H. V.
TRIMMING.
W. T.
TWYNHAM.
TOTALS.
Number of Inspections
House to house
250
411
445
336
36
191
209
617
357
653
542
560
745
326
362
...
...
6040
Miscellaneous
1764
1934
1363
1331
1203
1936
2081
703
1440
1105
1059
541
1570
1276
1326
1087
1180
22849
Complaints
246
407
168
247
463
60
432
593
195
77
196
577
73
94
609
287
207
4931
Infectious diseases
67
90
36
53
70
184
78
152
201
48
100
138
98
63
89
...
...
1467
Re-visits—Number of
3078
1909
2460
193
2885
4278
3659
4283
1614
2331
4201
2885
2965
1857
2415 i
3197
3300
49248
Intimations served
1150
725
714
563
673
1164
1055
1160
559
657
1061
955
891
677
618
868
1020
14510
Statutory notices served
204
540
463
501
243
576
580
915
185
180
690
835
279
359
440
277
877
7644
Summonses taken out under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891
...
12
...
11
1
3
2
7
3
...
6
9
5
1
...
3
...
63
Food and Drugs Acts, etc—No. of samples
taken
90
95
93
95
60
96
118
92
92
100
90
101
123
120
91
...
...
1456
„ „ No. of summonses
taken
1
...
...
1
3
1
3
4
1
1
3
8
2
4
...
...
...
27
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance,
removed
7
2
2
3
5
...
4
5
8
3
4
4
9
...
3
8
4
61
Areas and stables paved and drained
...
2
6
...
...
...
5
...
5
...
...
...
...
2
...
1
...
20
Bakehouses—No. of inspections to
45
20
8
22
80
29
30
22
22
12
22
23
14
10
20
...
...
334
„ No. cleansed
26
20
8
22
30
22
80
22
22
10
22
28
14
10
20
...
...
306
Cisterns cleansed and covered
5
5
...
4
3
1
5
3
1
10
2
...
...
6
1
1
2
49
Damp walls remedied
33
19
63
27
73
82
62
68
34
27
82
111
88
42
30
84
57
932
Drains—Cleansed or repaired
77
65
46
51
89
189
62
127
95
41
161
60
81
67
74
34
32
1351
Constructed or reconstructed
15
19
9
9
28
38
15
40
7
6
15
23
28
2
31
...
...
285
Soil pipes fixed and ventilated
11
23
3
5
4
34
15
8
7
5
7
2
30
...
20
2
...
171
Trapped
15
23
6
39
25
88
97
2
7
30
9
23
18
38
70
...
...
485
Du6t receptacles provided
93
45
71
89
119
116
80
120
64
134
159
162
54
34
17
87
204
1648
Houses or parts of houses cleansed
394
489
378
491
357
392
425
672
333
467
523
728
545
457
301
423
575
7950
„ ventilated beneath the lower floor
3
3
9
3
2
3
1
18
4
...
2
31
13
6
...
1
2
101
Light and ventilation provided to rooms
2
...
3
2
11
1
1
...
4
6
...
2
...
2
...
3
...
37
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed
...
1
2
1
1
1
...
...
2
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
12
Offensive accumulations removed
15
58
19
6
24
9
150
7
16
37
...
12
16
10
...
20
15
500
Open fires in yards abolished
1
3
...
1
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
Overcrowding in dwellings abated
5
3
6
5
...
6
2
...
4
...
2
...
2
7
1
4
5
53
Sheds occupied as dwellings discontinued ...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Sink, bath, lavatory pipes and rainwater
pipes disconnected
...
5
18
1
1
7
9
...
10
1
10
39
52
4
34
...
...
191
Smoke nuisances abated
...
...
4
4
...
3
...
...
...
...
2
4
1
11
2
...
...
31
Underground rooms—Illegal occupation.,
discontinued
2
...
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
10
Urinals fixed
...
3
...
...
...
41
2
3
...
3
3
...
3
1
...
3
...
62
Verminous rooms cleansed
26
97
18
96
65
33
145
54
50
41
48
116
50
59
86
125
49
1158
Wash-houses, forecourts, Ac., paved
10
28
4
1
2
81
3
5
8
...
5
40
26
38
2
...
43
296
Waterclo6ets—Cleansed or repaired
275
154
133
126
216
255
404
74
75
143
171
219
169
103
271
280
365
3433
Light and ventilation provided
1
2
4
1
2
9
16
4
2
2
...
8
38
4
15
2
...
110
„ Pans and traps fixed
26
154
24
21
33
174
73
52
30
10
44
54
116
47
71
9
12
950
„ Water supply or flushing
apparatus provided
15
154
76
51
86
192
127
46
27
30
84
150
175
49
81
76
107
1426
Water supply to houses reinstated
6
2
4
3
2
...
4
24
2
...
5
3
22
9
2
5
4
101
Yards cleansed, paved, or paving repaired
79
41
106
116
84
94
97
118
54
15
140
101
86
73
44
57
164
1469
Miscellaneous repairs to roofs, gutters,
floors, sashes, fireplaces, coppers, etc
627
574
553
906
705
1850
908
1075
764
528
1245
1402
865
756
656
890
1590
15889
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