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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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The following sanitary defects were discovered during the year:—
| Dirty rooms | 5,884 |
| Defective drains and choked w.c.'s | 802 |
| Defective and dirty w.c.'s | 2,284 |
| Defective water supply | 425 |
| Defective paving | 636 |
| Defective gutters and rainwater pipes | 708 |
| Defective roofs | 1,367 |
| Dampness | 718 |
| Defective dustbins | 1,332 |
| Smoke nuisances | 6 |
| Overcrowding | 28 |
| Other defects | 9,282 |
| Total | 23,472 |
The work of the outdoor staff is reflected in the
volume of clerical work associated with sanitaryadministration.
During the year 5,151 Preliminary Notices were
served requiring the remedying of Nuisances. 2,286
Statutory Notices were served.
The legal proceedings which were necessary to
enforce the Notices served are reported on in the
appendix to this report.
At the beginning of the year there were 766
premises with nuisances outstanding. During the year,
nuisances at 5,422 premises were abated and 840
premises with nuisances outstanding were carried
forward to 1935.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
During the year one of the common lodging
houses was discontinued. There are now 4 such
premises in the Borough, and the inspectors paid 47
visits to them. Three sanitary notices were served.