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Bethnal Green 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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REPORT
on the
Sanitary Condition
and
Vital Statistics
of the PAEISH of
SAINT MATTHEW, BETHNAL GREEN,
DURING THE YEAR 1888,
BY
GEORGE PADDOCK BATE, M.D.,
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and Licentiate of the Royal College of
Physicians of Edinburgh; Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society; Member and
formerly Vice-President of the Society of Medical Officers of Health; Fellow of the
Obstetrical Society of London ; and Medical Officer of Health for the Parish of
Bethnal Green.
j. s. forsaith, printer, 329, bethnal green road.
1889.
RETURN AS TO PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS ACTS, 1868-1882.
| YEAR. | Number of Dwelling-houses reported in each year by the Medical Officer of Health as dangerous to health, so as to be unfit for human habitation, in accordance with the provisions of the Artizans' Dwellings Acts, 1868-1882. | Number of Dwelling-houses so reported, for which orders for repair or demolition were made by the Local Authority. | Number of such Dwelling - houses for which the orders of the Local Authority for repair or demolition were carried out. | Number of Dwelling-houses concerning which a Memorial has been addressed to the Secretary of State or Local Government Board, in accordance with the Provisions of the Artizans and Labourers' Dwellings Act of 1868, to the effect that the Local Authority has declined or neglected to put the Act in force. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEALT WITH THUS : | ||||||
| 1883 | 230 | Demolished. | Closed. | Converted into Workshops. | ||
| 1884 | — | 69. | 19. | 11. | ||
| 1885 | — | The remaining 131 were dealt with under the Sanitary Acts, and the required repairs carried out. | NONE. | |||
| 1886 | — | |||||
| 1887 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 1888 | 52 | 28 | 17 repaired or demolished. | |||
| 11 closed. | ||||||
| 24 in hand. | ||||||