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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RETURN OF SANITARY WORK, 1932.
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. | R. Roper (Temporary) | W. Shepherd. | R. Simpson. | W. F. Smith. | S. H. V. Trimming. | W. T. Twynham. | S. Vogler | R. H. Waterman. | Totals. | |
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Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance removed | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | 24 |
Bakehouses: No. of cleansings | 26 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 14 | 22 | - | 10 | 14 | 35 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 342 |
Cisterns cleansed and covered | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 5 | - | 8 | 16 | 1 | - | 2 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 72 |
Damp walls remedied | 63 | 187 | 81 | 63 | 72 | 91 | 161 | 72 | 118 | 102 | 112 | 53 | 56 | 201 | 189 | 104 | 160 | 105 | 1,980 |
Drains—Cleansed or repaired | 97 | 77 | 69 | 40 | 55 | 46 | 67 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 86 | 41 | 125 | 11 | 90 | 89 | 43 | 13 | 1,108 |
Constructed or reconstructed | 19 | 7 | 37 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 70 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 352 |
Soil pipes fixed and ventilated | 15 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 3 | - | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 181 |
Trapped | 12 | 2 | 22 | 3 | - | 36 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 9 | 152 |
Dust receptacles provided | 93 | 151 | 28 | 48 | 222 | 69 | 112 | 43 | 83 | 119 | 60 | 44 | 301 | 117 | 236 | 94 | 75 | 52 | 1,927 |
Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 298 | 186 | 291 | 344 | 317 | 521 | 521 | 341 | 243 | 341 | 432 | 490 | 447 | 407 | 514 | 452 | 378 | 419 | 6,942 |
Houses ventilated beneath the lower floor | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | - | 26 | - | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 121 |
Light and ventilation provided to rooms | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 109 |
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
Offensive accumulations removed | 9 | 36 | 23 | 28 | 33 | 15 | 42 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 57 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 96 | 42 | 12 | 510 |
Overcrowding in dwellings abated | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 71 |
Roofs, gutters and rain water pipes fixed or repaired | 262 | 90 | 201 | 129 | 337 | 201 | 184 | 199 | 175 | 387 | 274 | 254 | 511 | 411 | 687 | 452 | 267 | 311 | 5.332 |