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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Table 4.
SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS. VISITS AND ACTION TAKEN BY DISTRICT SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR
Complaints | 10,037 |
Drainage | 6,779 |
House-to-House | 77 |
Houses-Let-in-Lodgings | 938 |
Infectious Diseases and Contacts | 492 |
Common Lodging Houses | 110 |
Seamen's Lodging Houses | 109 |
Markets (Week-end) | 37 |
Offensive Trades | 273 |
Pharmacy and Poisons Acts, 1933 | 251 |
Rent Restrictions'Acts | 373 |
Shops Act, 1950 | 1,283 |
Smoke Nuisances - Observations | 128 |
Building Licences - Surveys | 927 |
Defence Regulation 68 C.A. | 125 |
Factories Acts Mechanical | 2,741 |
Non-mechanical | 214 |
Other | 10 |
Outworkers premises | 448 |
Workplaces | 373 |
Miscellaneous Visits and Inspections | 7,466 |
Revisits | 11,880 |
Attempted Visits | 3,150 |
Total Visits and Inspections | 48,221 |
Intimation Notices Served: On County and Borough Council Housing Departments | 504 |
On Owners | 4,619 |
Statutory Notices Served | 1,327 |
Legal Proceedings Taken | 35 |