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 | |
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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 |