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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Nuisances were abated at 3,408 premises, as
compared with 2,831 in 1945. The clerical staff prepared
4,852 Preliminary notices and 1.907 Nuisance
notices.
The sanitary defects which gave rise to the lore-going action covered the following matters:
| Dirty rooms | 4,188 |
| Defective drains and choked w.c's | 789 |
| Defective and dirty w.c's | 1,743 |
| Defective water supply | 641 |
| Defective paving | 199 |
| Defective gutters and rain water pipes | 1,108 |
| Defective roofs | 2,222 |
| Dampness | 791 |
| Defective dustbins | 410 |
| Other defects | 5,136 |
| Total | 17,227 |
As will be seen from the appended list of
legal proceedings, it was necessary to take such
measures to enforce compliance with some notices.
Drainage.—Plans submitted and approved: 57.
Dangerous Structures. — The Superintending
Architect of the L.C.C. was notified of possible
dangerous structures in 102 cases.
W ater Supply.—As the great bulk of the water
used in the borough comes from the mains of the
Metropolitan Water Board and is frequently tested