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Whitechapel 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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H–(Continued.)Date of Reports.Page of Reports.
Houses, number of, annual value ofDec. 186612
„ „ now let out in separate tenements„ 18564
July, 18658
,, „ unfit for habitation in the Royal Mint Street Scheme (see Whitechapel and Limehouse Improvement Scheme)Oct. 187512
„ „ in DistrictDec. 186713
„ „ which require frequent inspectionJune, 186811
,, let out in separate tenements should be periodically whitewashedSept. 18679
June, 18688
„ in certain Districts ought to be taken downJune, 18587 & 8
,, all, should have a water-closet for the separate use of the inmatesJan. „8
,, for the poor, better, recommended„ „„
,, should be numbered„ „12
„ unfit for habitation„ „8
July, 18596
March,18635
Sept. 186610
March, 18687
Oct. 18696
„ ,, ,, should be demolished„ 18708
,, ,, „ in unhealthy localities sought after by vagrants and thievesDec. 18689
„ ,, „ when condemned as such cease to be propertySept 187112
„ regular inspection of, essentialJuly, 18596
„ overcrowdedDec. 18707
June, 18726
Jan. 18749
„ closed in consequence of thier unfitness for habitationMarch, 18687
April, 187617
,, with passages through cellars to the back yardsDec. 18677
,, „ „ back rooms to „June, 187316
,, inspected whether inhabited by rich or poorSept. 18604
„ of the poor, importance of attending to their sanitary conditionJan. 18708
„ „ relapsing fever, cases of, in„ „9
„ all, with the exception of about 100, reported to have been systematically visitedMarch,186015
„ formerly let to separate families now let out in tenementsDec. 18564
„ erected in inadequate spacesJune, 18616
„ without being provided with solar light are not fit for habitationJan. 18588
,, faulty construction ofDec. 18677
April, 186911
„ demolished on Swallow's GardensDec. 18616
„ in Whitechapel District do not increase with increase of populationJan. 18589
„ periodical inspection of, necessaryMarch,1863„
„ without back yardsDec. 18677