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-1928.
G.
Rottomley.
a. c. Brown.
t. w. Dee.
e. j. Edwards
E. W. FLINT.
H. J. GREEN
c. i. guy
h. o. harris.
j. g. McCarthy
g. o. pavitt.
w. shepherd.
r. simpson.
w. f. smith
s. h. v.
trimming
j. twaits.
w. t.
twynham.
r. h.
Waterman.
Totals
Number of Inspections—
House to house
233
276
385
232
428
404
429
309
292
639
435
611
287
227
711
323
328
6544
Miscellaneous
2315
1233
1332
991
1471
874
1281
1787
1380
675
1181
999
1707
1008
1170
1596
1185
22185
Complaints
111
872
199
885
331
769
493
487
782
507
133
358
836
933
537
377
38
8648
Infections diseases
177
213
152
246
110
168
124
133
309
103
67
125
106
129
193
110
181
2646
Re-visits—Number of
2446
2062
2129
2413
2209
8023
2353
3040
2278
3432
2070
3890
2604
3618
3132
2984
1956
45634
Intimations served
701
913
722
928
785
1039
734
782
775
807
746
1067
927
1235
955
1224
625
14965
Statutory notices served
497
801
618
805
708
326
545
752
667
699
266
781
683
511
845
1093
235
10832
Summonses taken out under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, etc.
2
3
...
21
10
18
2
2
8
2
...
...
16
10
1
5
2
102
Food and Drugs Acts, etc.—No. of samples
taken
98
92
90
65
60
92
94
89
103
90
96
94
92
94
91
91
93
1524
„ „ No. of summonses
taken
1
5
...
2
...
7
2
2
4
2
...
2
1
5
2
1
2
38
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance,
removed
3
2
1
5
4
3
...
...
2
...
...
2
3
2
...
5
...
34
Areas and stables paved and drained
2
...
...
...
8
3
1
...
...
...
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
15
Bakehouses—No. of inspections to
37
52
7
38
24
20
15
14
44
4
16
14
119
30
28
82
15
509
„ No. of cleansings of
18
26
7
24
19
6
14
14
8
4
14
14
31
8
28
11
10
256
Cisterns cleansed and covered
1
2
...
2
9
7
1
2
...
1
8
...
4
8
1
32
...
78
Damp walls remedied
58
150
73
75
53
147
71
180
79
120
34
28
241
200
70
105
74
1758
Drains—Cleansed or repaired.
73
141
54
63
29
58
46
51
45
69
19
110
101
74
71
107
54
1168
Constructed or reconstructed
28
19
15
24
10
13
36
15
8
54
4
21
31
12
17
8
33
348
Soil pipes Axed and ventilated
19
12
14
3
6
35
39
9
...
11
10
11
17
13
...
12
8
219
Trapped
10
3
3
...
24
11
36
3
...
15
12
9
11
...
20
...
12
169
Dust receptacles provided
66
168
59
189
73
62
53
85
156
130
42
165
151
107
159
141
36
1842
Houses or parts of houses cleansed.
259
345
453
519
601
569
458
301
374
454
490
521
647
245
557
472
394
7659
„ ventilated beneath the lower floor.
2
...
10
4
8
3
6
11
...
6
...
3
2
1
62
5
21
139
Light and ventilation provided to rooms
...
...
2
...
2
3
1
21
1
1
...
...
1
8
...
...
...
40
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed
1
3
1
...
1
2
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
4
1
...
17
Offensive accumulations removed
2
30
23
18
10
53
5
17
6
8
30
8
15
34
12
50
7
323
Open fires in yards abolished
1
3
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
11
Overcrowding in dwellings abated
6
1
5
...
9
2
6
3
3
1
...
1
2
2
...
3
6
50
Sheds occupied as dwellings discontinued.
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Sink, bath, lavatory pipes and rainwater
pipes disconnected
...
...
17
...
1
5
1
...
1
3
...
4
...
...
10
...
20
62
Smoke nuisances abated
9
...
7
...
2
...
2
1
...
2
...
1
1
1
...
3
...
29
Underground rooms—Illegal occupation
discontinued
2
...
2
...
...
1
...
2
1
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
10
Urinals fixed
15
1
1
...
...
6
4
1
...
3
...
1
1
...
2
...
...
35
Verminous rooms cleansed
27
54
35
21
109
60
42
32
26
5
40
10
118
75
12
...
17
725
Wash houses, forecourts, &c., paved
7
6
5
7
2
15
2
8
6
33
...
4
7
...
47
14
16
179
Waterclosets—Cleansed or repaired
202
189
146
127
65
160
158
163
156
56
258
95
123
399
139
390
168
2994
„ Light and ventilation provided
...
...
1
...
4
64
4
6
2
5
9
...
8
1
8
6
8
116
„ Pans and traps fixed
83
36
63
48
23
88
66
12
10
85
70
74
56
140
49
83
52
1043
Water supply or flushing
apparatus provided
4
84
106
87
56
79
35
82
34
35
50
104
...
101
53
183
121
1214
Water supply to houses reinstated
...
...
2
16
3
7
2
...
3
2
6
2
...
6
1
11
22
83
Yards cleansed, paved, or paving repaired.
59
145
89
34
81
64
60
57
36
134
12
128
117
78
140
123
82
1439
Miscellaneous repairs to roofs, gutters
floors, sashes, fireplaces, coppers, etc.
554
1050
456
831
9.8
856
673
582
858
703
510
1378
1471
1616
1029
1365
744
15584
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