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 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 |