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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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93
SANITATION AND HOUSING
The following figures give a bare outline of the
work of the sanitary inspectors during the year.
The measles epidemic added substantially to the
visits of the inspectors during the year but nevertheless
the normal work was well maintained.

Table: SANITARY SUPERVISION OF THE BOROUGH A Summary of Inspections and Visits, with Matters Outstanding, for the 53 weeks ended 2nd january, 1937.

SANITARY SUPERVISION OF THE BOROUGH A Summary of Inspections and Visits, with Matters Outstanding, for the 53 weeks ended 2nd january, 1937.

Nature of VisitTotals
Infectious Diseases (notifiable)861
Infectious Diseases (non-notifiable)1,261
Complaints4,864
House to House Inspections733
Milkshops (535) and Cowsheds (40) Inspections575
Other Food Premises Inspections (Slaughterhouses 8, Poultry 269, Others 1375)1,652
Factory (903) and Workshops (1,628) Inspections2.531
Outworkers' Homes Inspections717
Common Lodging House Inspections21
Tenement House Inspections264
Drainage Inspections3,866
Smoke Observations19
Other Inspections or Special Work8,195
Re-Inspections21,052
Total visits for the Year46,611
Unsound Food Seizures (0) or Surrenders (16)16
Samples of Food, etc., taken713
Samples of Rag Flock taken22
Police Court Attendances67
Premises where Nuisances abated5,759
Premises where Matters Outstanding962