Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE V.—continued.
Number illegally occupied | 80 |
,, closed or illegal occupation discontinued | 28 |
„ where necessary works completed or in hand | 52 |
Overcrowding— | |
Number of rooms overcrowded | 10 |
„ remedied | 10 |
„ of prosecutions | nil |
Cleansing— | |
Number of adults cleansed | 4 |
„ of children cleansed (9 of these under school age) | 235 |
„ of rooms cleansed | 30 |
,, of premises cleansed | 16 |
Water supply to tenement houses— | |
Number of premises supplied | 101 |
,, of prosecutions | nil |
Inland Revenue Act {applications for certificates)— | |
Number of houses | 8 |
,, of tenements included therein | 20 |
„ of applications granted—8 houses comprising 22 dwellings | |
„ refused | nil |
„ deferred or withdrawn | nil |
Sale of Food — | |
Number of premises used, other than ice-cream premises, milkshops, cowsheds | 414 |
„ of inspections | 830 |
Disinfection Shelter - | |
Number of persons accommodated | nil |
Mortuary— | |
Number of bodies received | 78 |
,, of infectious bodies | nil |