[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney].

  • Stepney (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1924]
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    SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT. A. COOK. E. T. CROOK. T. W. DRE. E. W. FLINT. J.W. JOHNSON. H. MILLS. Gr. O- PAYITT. H. QUAINTRELL. W.SHEPHERD. R. SIMPSON. A. W. STILES. J. TWAITS. R H. WATERMAN. J. WHITE. T. P. WRACK. H. BOMOMLEY. H. O. HARRIS. S. H. V. TRIMMING. W. T. TWYNHAM. TOTALS. Number of Inspections— House to house 404 601 633 398 412 621 924 502 884 835 531 864 511 465 599 550 762 184 216 10891 Micellaneous 2355 242 1105 1259 2090 1861 584 1825 1352 934 1207 525 1342 1220 1560 920 635 329 391 21636 Complaints 405 313 117 227 78 316 592 259 86 147 126 454 55 96 426 29 126 132 32 4016 Infectious diseases 90 60 48 64 156 76 185 166 58 84 74 130 79 70 102 ... ... ... ... 1442 Re-visits—Number of 2460 1787 2098 2172 4578 3635 3753 2889 2818 4412 2512 3337 2377 2115 2352 3437 3885 1501 1625 53193 Intimations served 703 653 533 521 917 996 1289 675 848 1106 1162 1041 634 601 718 893 697 434 381 14802 Statutory notices served 398 522 355 434 213 548 928 188 217 721 522 856 156 407 455 57 219 94 60 7350 Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 11 ... 1 2 2 1 3 6 ... 8 15 6 11 ... 2 ... 1 ... ... 69 Food and Drugs Acts, etc.—No. of samples taken 102 60 90 98 90 92 124 95 126 90 62 93 90 93 93 ... ... ... ... 1898 „ „ No. of summonses taken 4 • •• ... 2 5 1 7 2 ... 3 1 1 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... 28 Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed 7 7 8 4 ... 2 13 2 4 3 5 1 ... 1 1 6 7 1 1 73 Areas and stables paved and drained 3 ... 4 1 ... ... ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 ... ... ... ... ... 1 3 17 Bakehouses—No. of inspections to 22 30 8 22 26 30 22 22 12 22 30 28 14 10 20 ... ... ... ... 318 „ No. cleansed 22 30 8 22 22 30 22 22 12 22 30 28 14 10 20 ... ... ... ... 314 Cisterns cleansed and covered 13 1 ... 3 ... 11 2 ... 5 ... 2 ... ... 6 3 ... 3 4 ... 53 Damp walls remedied 41 90 52 33 70 47 54 30 35 34 74 94 70 30 30 7 65 34 11 901 Drains—Cleansed or repaired 63 125 36 36 146 39 173 67 19 157 129 70 65 62 90 27 27 11 8 1350 Constructed or reconstructed 17 30 12 8 21 12 12 24 9 38 17 38 48 4 31 ... ... ... ... 821 Soil pipes fixed and ventilated 17 9 24 4 17 21 ... 4 3 12 10 1 45 3 27 ... ... ... ... 197 Trapped 35 46 7 21 32 80 ... 4 6 12 18 47 5 18 49 ... 1 ... ... 381 Dust receptacles provided 49 40 54 70 64 82 132 59 107 149 100 142 97 42 22 60 67 40 56 1432 Houses or parts of houses cleansed 453 400 382 380 341 360 718 246 380 576 412 727 410 338 298 419 301 237 161 7539 ,, ventilated beneath the lower floor 3 5 7 2 6 1 5 ... ... ... 17 20 4 3 ... ... ... ... 2 75 Light and ventilation provided to rooms ... 12 24 1 ... ... ... 3 7 ... 4 15 20 ... ... ... 10 ... ... 96 Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed 3 ... ... 1 ... 2 3 ... ... 2 1 4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 Offensive accumulations removed 59 27 26 7 7 107 5 24 35 14 67 17 15 9 112 5 19 10 8 563 Open fires in yards abolished 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 3 ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... 9 Overcrowding in dwellings abated 1 1 7 4 8 3 ... 9 1 6 4 4 3 8 1 12 7 3 3 85 Sheds occupied as dwellings discontinued ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Sink, bath, lavatory pipes and rainwater pipes disconnected 7 16 33 ... 10 9 9 4 ... 15 ... 19 106 4 19 ... ... ... ... 251 Smoke nuisances abated 1 4 10 3 1 ... 2 ... ... 2 1 3 ... 14 4 ... ... ... ... 45 Underground rooms—Illegal occupation discontinued ... ... 2 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 ... 2 ... ... ... 2 2 ... 15 Urinals fixed 3 ... 2 1 6 1 ... ... 1 2 ... ... 4 1 ... ... ... ... ... 21 Verminous rooms cleansed 93 160 23 88 67 103 108 67 64 143 96 88 49 32 48 31 81 100 19 1460 Wash-houses, forecourts, &c., paved 5 1 12 5 86 8 17 14 ... 10 2 44 15 23 2 7 1 ... ... 255 Waterclosets—Cleansed or repaired 198 145 142 136 144 360 110 83 247 219 362 218 102 31 156 157 119 153 121 3203 „ Light and ventilation provided 3 7 3 2 47 25 ... 3 5 ... 3 ... 58 1 17 ... 3 ... ... 177 „ Pans and traps fixed 198 160 32 17 113 51 51 48 33 98 ... 54 166 39 96 10 ... 3 7 1197 ,, Water supply or flushing apparatus provided 198 184 73 44 129 168 39 40 41 142 148 64 218 45 129 ... 38 57 47 1754 Water supply to houses reinstated 8 2 6 1 2 4 16 9 1 20 11 ... 5 3 16 2 3 9 8 121 Yards cleansed, paved, or paving repaired 41 115 94 96 76 97 111 64 20 183 97 184 99 64 58 105 62 48 78 1692 Miscellaneous repairs to roofs, gutters, floors, sashes, fireplaces, coppers, etc. 572 650 509 933 1175 789 1150 604 1014 1183 1139 1681 534 527 513 626 681 428 416 15124 [To face page 40].