London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Stepney 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Total number of Intimations served for all purposes 15,556

Overcrowding—

Number of Inspections19,131
N umber of dwelling roomsovercrowded487
Number of Notices servedIntimations521
125
Statutory Notices
Number remedied487
Number of Prosecutions5

Underground rooms—

Illegal occupation dealt with during the year47
Number of rooms closed25

Insanitary Houses—

Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 18911
Number closed under the Housing and Town Planning Act8

L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1903. Part VIII.
Number of prosecutions for breach of Bye-laws as to conveyance of
dead horses through the street —

L.C.C. (General Powers) Act,1904—

Number of verminous rooms cleansed (Sec. 20)2,420
Number of filthy articles purified (Sec. 19)153
Number of sanitary conveniences altered (Sec. 22)2
Number of sanitary conveniences removed (Sec. 22)
Number of fixed ashpits removed (Sec. 23)32

L.C.C. ( General Powers) Act,1907.

Number of tenement houses dealt with as regards water supply (Sec. 78)6

Shelters provided under Sec.60 (4)of the Public Health (London) Act,1891—

Number of persons accommodated during the year5

Places where Food is prepared for sale—

Number on Register418
Number of Inspections828
Number of Notices served126

House to House Inspections—

Number of Inspections5,678
Number of defects2,897
Number of Notices servedIntimations2,897
Statutory Notices1,013