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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 1950

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

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Table: TABLE 4Record of Visits

TABLE 4

Record of Visits

Notifiable Infectious Diseases308
Non-notifiable diseases93
Complaints as to insanitary conditions3,717
Food Poisoning8
Aged and Infirm persons22
Factories825
Milkshops143
Other Food premises1,819
Outworkers* houses232
Tenement houses39
Common Lodging Houses6
Drainage work2,614
Smoke observations3
Enquiries with regard to housing1,022
Other inspections and special work5,107
Slum Clearance Survey56
Re-inspections13,663
Total29,677

Table: TABLE 5Sanitary Defects in Connection with which Notices were Served

TABLE 5

Sanitary Defects in Connection with which Notices were Served

Dirty rooms7,429
Defective drains and choked W.Cs.602
Defective and dirty W.Cs.1,146
Defective water supply161
Defective paving210
Defective gutters and rain water pipes709
Defective roofs1,566
Dampness1,653
Defective dustbins192
Other defects7,211
Total20,879

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The work of the outdoor staff is reflected in the volume of
clerical work associated with sanitary administration. During the
year in addition to recording the above mentioned nuisances and
defects, 2,944 Intimation Notices and 1,365 Nuisance Notices
requiring the abatement of nuisances were prepared and served. In
addition 2,999 letters were sent out by the department in connection
with insanitary conditions and 1,226 letters appertaining to housing
and various public health matters,