London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
This page requires JavaScript
SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT 1929.
| G. BOTTOM LEY. | A. C. BROWN. | R. W. G. DAY (6 weeks). | T. W. DEE. | E. J. EDWARDS | E. W. FLINT. | H. J. GREEN | C. F. GUY. | H. O. HARRIS. | J.G. MOCARTHY | G. O. PAVITT. | R. ROPER (5 weeks). | W. SHEPHERD | R. SIMPSON. | w. F. SMITH | S. H. V. TRIMMING | J. TWAITS. | W. T. TWYNHAM. | S. Weeks). (6 weeks). | R. H. WATERMAN. | TOTALS. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections- | |||||||||||||||||||||
| House to bouse | 214 | 210 | 820 | 293 | 161 | 400 | 313 | 260 | 207 | 46 | 409 | 256 | 291 | 448 | 262 | 166 | 403 | 214 | 292 | 381 | 5555 |
| Miscellaneous | 2596 | 1601 | 11 | 1640 | 1870 | 1380 | 1241 | 1389 | 1766 | 2667 | 670 | ... | 1563 | 1268 | 2182 | 1832 | 2504 | 1941 | 4 | 2048 | 30179 |
| Complaints | 87 | 789 | 15 | 148 | 839 | 240 | 785 | 541 | 285 | 576 | 383 | 19 | 194 | 411 | 899 | 909 | 534 | 355 | 19 | 65 | 8083 |
| Infectious diseases | 273 | 303 | ... | 207 | 885 | 82 | 299 | 183 | 152 | 426 | 109 | ... | 116 | 228 | 120 | 247 | 329 | 146 | ... | 197 | 3802 |
| Re-visits—Number of | 2075 | 1657 | 191 | 1861 | 2021 | 1925 | 2305 | 2071 | 2451 | 1442 | 2701 | 166 | 2028 | 3727 | 2057 | 2351 | 2234 | 2872 | 113 | 1855 | 3103 |
| Intimations served | 620 | 927 | 255 | 506 | 820 | 794 | 1252 | 718 | 591 | 623 | 692 | 130 | 708 | 903 | 10097 | 1030 | 710 | 1130 | 261 | 699 | 14526 |
| Statutory notices served | 470 | 806 | 62 | 503 | 783 | 710 | 812 | 551 | 487 | 545 | 545 | 34 | 240 | 660 | 831 | 505 | 632 | 458 | 83 | 142 | 9315 |
| Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, L-C.C-(General Powers) Acts, Byelaws, etc. | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 11 | ... | 5 | 96 |
| Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Acts, etc.— No. of samples taken | 92 | 92 | ... | 92 | 92 | 90 | 61 | 95 | 90 | 85 | 92 | ... | 92 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 97 | 91 | ... | 90 | 1522 |
| „ „ No. of summonses | taken | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 37 | |
| Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | 3 | 10 | ... | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 41 |
| Areas and stables paved and drained | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 |
| Bakehouses—No. of inspections to | 27 | 57 | ... | 6 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 4 | ... | 15 | 14 | 133 | 27 | 26 | 32 | ... | 20 | 486 |
| No. of cleansings of | 20 | 26 | ... | 6 | 18 | 18 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 4 | ... | 10 | 14 | 34 | 21 | 26 | 30 | ... | 10 | 329 |
| Cisterns cleansed and covered | ... | 8 | ... | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 12 | ... | 1 | ... | 7 | ... | 12 | 7 | ... | 11 | ... | 2 | 70 |
| Damp walls remedied | 40 | 125 | 44 | 56 | 42 | 59 | 152 | 72 | 111 | 59 | 54 | 51 | 60 | 28 | 301 | 93 | 44 | 94 | 101 | 75 | 1661 |
| Drains—Cleansed or repaired | 93 | 124 | 22 | 41 | 39 | 63 | 49 | 41 | 40 | 63 | 80 | 16 | 13 | 110 | 98 | 85 | 62 | 98 | 15 | 81 | 1233 |
| Constructed or reconstructed | 20 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 14 | 5 | ... | 23 | 266 |
| Soil pipes fixed and ventilated | 9 | 4 | ... | 12 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 13 | 8 | ... | 16 | ... | 12 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ... | 21 | 204 |
| Trapped | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 16 | 7 | 13 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 10 | 6 | ... | ... | 20 | ... | ... | 12 | 96 |
| Dust receptacles provided | 53 | 97 | 40 | 75 | 159 | 79 | 67 | 46 | 62 | 125 | 89 | 9 | 101 | 194 | 187 | 79 | 149 | 114 | 34 | 53 | 1813 |
| Houses or parts of house cleansed | 346 | 310 | 175 | 345 | 327 | 559 | 622 | 429 | 206 | 348 | 383 | 69 | 506 | 395 | 638 | 451 | 455 | 490 | 140 | 411 | 7605 |
| „ ventilated beneath the lower floor | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 6 | ... | 6 | 74 |
| Light and ventilation provided to rooms | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | 32 |
| Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 14 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 16 | 36 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 86 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 4 | ... | 61 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 55 | 2 | 11 | 355 |
| Open fires in yards abolished | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| Overcrowding in dwellings abated | 8 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 45 |
| Sheds occupied as dwellings discontinued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Sink, bath, lavatory pipes and rainwater pipes disconnected | ... | 4 | 2 | 12 | ... | ... | 4 | 11 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ... | ... | 33 | 92 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | 14 | 1 | ... | 8 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 45 |
| Underground rooms—Illegal occupation discontinued | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 12 |
| Urinals fixed | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 13 | 8 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 54 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 19 | 40 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 101 | 58 | 23 | 38 | 2 | 8 | ... | 60 | 7 | 108 | 68 | 23 | 31 | 2 | 18 | 631 |
| Wash-houses, forecourts, &c., paved | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 81 | 2 | 18 | ... | 2 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 7 | 6 | ... | 37 | 23 | ... | 8 | 213 |
| Waterclosets—Cleansed or repaired | 105 | 296 | 67 | 126 | 81 | 97 | 192 | 159 | 110 | 157 | 49 | 7 | 116 | 114 | 129 | 368 | 86 | 330 | 67 | 160 | 2816 |
| „ Light and ventilation provided | 1 | 8 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 85 | 8 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | 6 | 74 |
| ,, Pans and traps fixed | 85 | 83 | 7 | 71 | 82 | 41 | 85 | 48 | 6 | 24 | 58 | 6 | 58 | 105 | 73 | 27 | 51 | 42 | 9 | 57 | 868 |
| „ Water supply or flushing apparatus provided | 22 | 79 | 16 | 73 | 18 | 44 | 82 | 56 | 64 | 45 | 51 | ... | 4 | 106 | ... | 104 | 60 | 171 | 28 | 197 | 1220 |
| Water supply to bouses reinstated | 6 | 18 | ... | 4 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ... | 25 | 9 | ... | 17 | 6 | 24 | ... | 73 | 231 |
| Yards cleansed, paved, or paving repaired | 83 | 86 | 34 | 104 | 85 | 99 | 67 | 71 | 24 | 84 | 54 | 10 | 25 | 130 | 137 | 83 | 83 | 147 | 40 | 80 | 1376 |
| Miscellaneous repairs to roofs, gutters, floors, sashes, fireplaces, coppers, etc. | 668 | 1440 | 424 | 410 | 407 | 989 | 816 | 621 | 490 | 921 | 781 | 242 | 515 | 873 | 1592 | 1300 | 900 | 1340 | 889 | 761 | 15879 |
To face page 42.