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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 1894
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1894
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PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT DURING THE YEAR 1894.
| District | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | ||
| Number of Houses certified during the year | 171 | 9 | 0 | 180 |
| Number of Houses closed under Magistrates order | 26 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| Houses closed by owner | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Houses repaired and re-opened | 10 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| Number of Houses demolished | 30 | 15 | 8 | 53 |
| Number of Magistrates' orders obtained during the year | 16 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| Summons withdrawn and costs allowed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891. Returns for 1894.
| District | Workshops | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | |||
| Number of Summonses issued, heard and Magistrates' Orders obtained | 10 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 41 |
| Number of Summonses issued, heard and Penalties imposed | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| Number of Summonses issued and withdrawn on payment of costs | 15 | 33 | 7 | 21 | 76 |
| Summonses issued, heard and dismissed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Summonses issued in 1893, but withdrawn in 1894 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Summonses issued in 1893, but dismissed in 1894 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Summonses issued in 1893, but order to close obtained in 1894 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Summonses issued in 1894, but returnable in 1895 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 19 |