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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 1904
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1904
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PROCEEDINGS DURING 1904
| Premises | Number of Places— | Number of inspections, 1904 | Number of notices, 1904 | Number of prosecutions 1904 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1903 | Added in 1904 | Removed in 1904 | On register at end of 1904 | ||||
| Milk premises | 344 | 31 | 23 | 352 | 1701 | 19 | 3 |
| Cowsheds | 16 | — | 1 | 15 | 189 | — | — |
| Slaughter-houses | 6 | — | — | 6 | 47 | — | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ice cream premises | 65 | — | — | 65 | 33 | 13 | — |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 365 | 112 | 32 | 445 | x453 | (a)* 6 | ( (a)' 4 |
| (b)* 3 | (b)* 5 | ||||||
* (a) For overcrowding. * (b) For other conditions.
Overcrowding, 1904—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 108
Number remedied 105
Number of Prosecutions 8
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 6
Number of rooms closed 6
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 86
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during year 18
Number of tenements comprised therein 63
Number of tenements for which certificates were (a) granted 51 (b) refused 12
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, etc
(A) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of
any manufactory, etc.
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be
injurious to health
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc.
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc.
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets
(j) With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Act, section 202)
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management
Acts Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed 376
Proceedings are taken under Public
Health Act after service of
statutory notice.