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Stepney 1928

[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. EdwardsE. W. FLINT.H. J. GREENc. i. guyh. o. harris.j. g. McCarthyg. o. pavitt.w. shepherd.r. simpson.w. f. smiths. h. v. trimmingj. twaits.w. t. twynham.r. h. Waterman.Totals
Number of Inspections— House to house2332763852324284044293092926394356112872277113233286544
Miscellaneous231512331332991147187412811787138067511819991707100811701596118522185
Complaints111872199885331769493487782507133358836933537377388648
Infections diseases177213152246110168124133309103671251061291931101812646
Re-visits—Number of2446206221292413220980232353304022783432207038902604361831322984195645634
Intimations served701913722928785103973478277580774610679271235955122462514965
Statutory notices served497801618805708326545752667699266781683511845109323510832
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, etc.23...2110182282......1610152102
Food and Drugs Acts, etc.—No. of samples taken989290656092948910390969492949191931524
„ „ No. of summonses taken15...2...72242...21521238
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed321543......2......232...5...34
Areas and stables paved and drained2.........831.........6..................15
Bakehouses—No. of inspections to375273824201514444161411930288215509
„ No. of cleansings of18267241961414841414318281110256
Cisterns cleansed and covered12...29712...18...48132...78
Damp walls remedied581507375531477118079120342824120070105741758
Drains—Cleansed or repaired.731415463295846514569191101017471107541168
Constructed or reconstructed2819152410133615854421311217833348
Soil pipes Axed and ventilated1912143635399...1110111713...128219
Trapped1033...2411363...1512911...20...12169
Dust receptacles provided66168591897362538515613042165151107159141361842
Houses or parts of houses cleansed.2593454535196015694583013744544905216472455574723947659
„ ventilated beneath the lower floor.2...10483611...6...32162521139
Light and ventilation provided to rooms......2...2312111......18.........40
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed131...121............1...241...17
Offensive accumulations removed2302318105351768308153412507323
Open fires in yards abolished13......2...............5..................11
Overcrowding in dwellings abated615...926331...122...3650
Sheds occupied as dwellings discontinued...................1..............................1
Sink, bath, lavatory pipes and rainwater pipes disconnected......17...151...13...4......10...2062
Smoke nuisances abated9...7...2...21...2...111...3...29
Underground rooms—Illegal occupation discontinued2...2......1...21.........2............10
Urinals fixed1511......641...3...11...2......35
Verminous rooms cleansed2754352110960423226540101187512...17725
Wash houses, forecourts, &c., paved765721528633...47...471416179
Waterclosets—Cleansed or repaired2021891461276516015816315656258951233991393901682994
„ Light and ventilation provided......1...46446259...81868116
„ Pans and traps fixed833663482388661210857074561404983521043
Water supply or flushing apparatus provided4841068756793582343550104...101531831211214
Water supply to houses reinstated......216372...3262...61112283
Yards cleansed, paved, or paving repaired.59145893481646057361341212811778140123821439
Miscellaneous repairs to roofs, gutters floors, sashes, fireplaces, coppers, etc.55410504568319.88566735828587035101378147116161029136574415584