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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1893
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1893
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
Proceedings under the Housing of the Working Classes Act during the Year 1893.
| District | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | ||
| Number of Houses certified during the year | 37 | 40 | 14 | 91 |
| Number of Houses closed under Magistrate's order | 2 | 11 | 11 | 24 |
| Houses closed by owner | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| Houses repaired and re-opened | 3 | 18 | 3 | 24 |
| Number of Houses demolished | 11 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| Number of Magistrate's orders obtained during the year | 12 | 23 | 11 | 46 |
| Number of Summonses withdrawn | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Number of Summonses dismissed | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.—Returns for 1893.
| District | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | ||
| Number of Summonses issued, heard, and Magistrates' Orders of abatement obtained | 8 | 67 | 10 | 85 |
| Number of Summonses issued, heard, and Penalties imposed | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Number of Summonses issued and withdrawn, and the costs allowed | 11 | 60 | 6 | 77 |
| Summonses issued in 1892, but withdrawn in 1893 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| Summonses issued in 1892, but returnable in 1893 and penalty imposed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Summonses issued, but returnable in 1894 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 17 |