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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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INSPECTIONS, ETC. BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS—1931— Continued.
| H. Abson. | G. Bottomley. | A. C. Brown | R. W. G. Day | T. W. Dee. | E. J. Edwards. | E. W. Flint. | H. J. Green. | C. F. Guy. | H. O. Harris. | J. G. McCarthy. | G. O. Pavitt. (7 months) | R. Roper (Temporary). | W. Shepherd. | R. Simpson. | W. F. Smith. | S. H. V. Trimming. | J. Twaits. (3 months) | W. T. Twynham. | S. Vogler | R. H. Waterman. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wharves | 1,313 | 15 | - | - | 71 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | _- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1,405 |
| Workplaces | - | 64 | 51 | - | 12 | 28 | 11 | 44 | 19 | 7 | 9 | - | - | 49 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 94 | 45 | 3 | 481 |
| Workshops | - | 114 | 205 | 132 | 94 | 42 | 170 | 126 | 235 | 117 | 23 | 58 | 24 | 127 | 119 | 112 | 29 | 1 | 222 | 387 | 96 | 2,433 |
| Bishopsgate Station | 22 | 124 | 52 | 1 | - | - | 199 | |||||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | - | 2,055 | 1,114 | 1,425 | 944 | 1,717 | 945 | 903 | 1,323 | 434 | 2,330 | 350 | 1,528 | 874 | 765 | 1,366 | 1,521 | 618 | 1,606 | 1,568 | 1,473 | 24,859 |
| Observations re Smoke Nuisance | - | 131 | 8 | - | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 2 | - | 5 | 10 | 225 |
| Re-Visits | - | 2,146 | 1,506 | 1,528 | 1,347 | 1,830 | 1,583 | 2,479 | 1,957 | 1,295 | 1,190 | 1,790 | 1,850 | 1,875 | 3,362 | 1,467 | 2,296 | 359 | 2,329 | 1,837 | 2,017 | 36,043 |
| Intimations served | - | 534 | 787 | 866 | 399 | 769 | 672 | 870 | 610 | 525 | 518 | 383 | 498 | 603 | 949 | 678 | 767 | 116 | 975 | 688 | 595 | 12,802 |
| Statutory Notices served | - | 77 | 403 | 358 | 148 | 357 | 312 | 284 | 262 | 221 | 43 | 372 | 346 | 237 | 543 | 260 | 291 | 105 | 351 | 401 | 86 | 5,457 |
| Summonses taken out under Public Health (London) Act 1891. L.C.C. General Powers) Acts, Byelaws, etc. | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 47 |
| Food & Drugs (Adulteration) Act. No. of samples taken | - | 93 | 98 | 32 | 92 | 98 | 90 | 91 | 93 | 92 | 121 | 31 | - | 93 | 92 | 108 | 137 | - | 99 | 34 | 89 | 1,583 |
| Food & Drugs (Adulteration) Act. No. of Summonses taken | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 14 |