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Housing Enquiries.—A considerable amount of
labour continues to be occupied both by the sanitary
inspectors and the office staff in dealing with housing
enquiries, especially where overcrowding or ill-health
is concerned. This involved 1,250 visits by the
inspectors and the recommendation to the L.C.C. for
preferential consideration of 453 cases on account of
overcrowding and 76 on grounds of health.
Overcrowding is widely prevalent, 2,113 dwellings
being recorded as being in this state, 453 of them
coming to light during the year.
Factories.—Inspections and re-inspections of
factory premises numbered 636 and led to 123 notices
being served for sanitary defects.
Mortuary.—The Council's Mortuary is now
occupied and staffed by the Shoreditch Borough
Council and serves both boroughs. During the year
378 bodies were received there and 374 post mortem
examinations were made.
Aged and Infirm Persons.—A number of enquiries
were made by the sanitary inspectors into the conditions
under which aged and infirm persons were
living, but only in one case was it necessary to take
legal action to ensure removal to hospital.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
During the year, it was found necessary to take
out 9 summonses to enforce compliance with nuisance
notices, with the following results: