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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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15 and 16, Great Pearl Street 48 couples
194, Hanbury Street (Salvation Army) 249 women
66, Leman Street 74men
63, Mansell Street (Jews' Temporary Shelter) 63 men & 64 women
41a, Quaker Street (Salvation Army) 207 men
37, Stepney Causeway 55 men
28, Thrawl Street 173 men
18, Upper East Smithfield 80 men
40, Upper East Smithfield 157 men
42, West India Dock Road 52 men
20 and 22, Whitechapel Road (Salvation Army) 238 men
177, Whitechapel Road (Salvation Army) 547 men
The following is a list of Common Lodging Houses in the Borough.
| Premises. | No. of Lodgers |
|---|---|
| 28 to 42, Betts Street | 149 men |
| 19 and 19£, Brick Lane | 82 men |
| 27 and 29, Brick Lane, and 58, Flower and Dean St. | 79 women |
| 63$, Brick Lane, and 12, Princelet Street | 254 men |
| 22 and 22a, Crellin Street (Ground floors) | 10 men |
| 16, 17, 19 and 20, Duval Street | 156 men |
| F inch Street and Chicksand Street (Salvation Army) | 306 women |
| 5, Flower and Dean Street | 103 men |
| 56 and 57, Flower and Dean Street | 102 women |
Seamen's
Lodging
Houses.
On the 28th April human remains were discovered during excavation at.
the L.C.C. training centre, Old Montague Street. I communicated the facts
to the Home Office, who, in due course, issued a licence for their reinterment.
The skeletons were of six human beings. These were reinterred under the
supervision of a Sanitary Inspector at the City of London and Tower Hamlets
Cemetery, South Grove, on the 12th May. The site mentioned was formerly
used as a burial place attached to an old chapel.
Human
Remains.
From time to time I receive requests for the compulsory removal of persons
to Institutions who are (a) aged and infirm or physically incapacitated and
living in insanitary premises or under insanitary conditions, or (b) are suffering
from any grave chronic disease; such persons being unable to have proper care
and attention. During the year 3 such requests were made, but it was not
necessary to resort to legal action, as in two instances they went into hospital
voluntarily, and in the other case the woman died through an accident at home,
Aged
Persons.