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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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SANITARY SUPERVISION OF THE BOROUGH.
A Summary of Inspections and Visits, with Matters Outstanding, for the 52 weeks ended 30th december, 1933.
| Nature of Visit | Totals |
|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases (notifiable) | 1713 |
| Infectious Diseases (non-notifiable) | 977 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 |
| Complaints | 4867 |
| House to House Inspections | 967 |
| Milkshops (825) and Cowsheds (51) Inspections | 876 |
| Other Food Premises Inspections (Meat 26, Poultry 150, Others 1406) | 1582 |
| Factory (927) and Workshop (1912) Inspections | 2839 |
| Outworkers' Homes Inspections | 941 |
| Tenement House Inspections | 306 |
| Drainage Inspections | 3239 |
| Smoke Nuisances—Premises under observation | 67 |
| Other Inspections or Special Work | 7070 |
| Re-Inspections | 20720 |
| Total Visits for the Year | 46165 |
| Unsound Food Seizures (0) or Surrenders (12) | 12 |
| Samples of Food, etc., taken | 739 |
| Samples of Rag Flock taken | 13 |
| Laying Rat Baits | 1149 |
| Police Court Attendances | 58 |
| Premises where Nuisances abated | 6218 |
| Premises where Matters Outstanding | 766 |
The following sanitary defects were discovered during the year:—
| Dirty rooms | 6,417 |
| Defective drains and choked w.c.'s | 944 |
| Defective and dirty w.c.'s | 2,345 |
| Defective water supply | 531 |
| Defective paving | 704 |
| Defective gutters and rainwater pipes | 662 |
| Defective roofs | 1,419 |
| Dampness | 717 |
| Defective dustbins. | 1,372 |
| Smoke nuisances | 8 |
| Other defects | 9,526 |
| Total | 24,645 |