Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 53
NOTICES SERVED BY DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
Pood Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960 | 399 |
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 39 | 36 |
" " 44 | 4 |
" " 45 | 34 |
" " 75 | 126 |
" " 89 | 18 |
" " 93 | 2,432 |
Public Health Act 1961, Section 17 | 140 |
Factories Act 1961 | 88 |
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 | 56 |
Stepney Borough Council (Staircase Lighting) Byelaws | 15 |
Tower Hamlets Council (Hairdressers) Byelaws | 6 |
Total: | 3,354 |
TABLE 54
DEFECTS IN DWELLINGS REMEDIED FOLLOWING SERVICE OF NOTICES
Dirty and dilapidated rooms | 450 |
Defective and/or choked drains and water-closets | 606 |
Defective and/or dirty water-closets | 1,051 |
Defective water supply | 129 |
Defective paving | 88 |
Defective gutters and rainwater pipes | 401 |
Defective roofs | 878 |
Dampness | 2,210 |
Dustbins supplied | 126 |
Accumulations of refuse removed | 427 |
Smoke nuisances abated | 21 |
Miscellaneous defects remedied | 2,661 |