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Tower Hamlets 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 53NOTICES SERVED BY DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

TABLE 53

NOTICES SERVED BY DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Pood Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960399
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 3936
" " 444
" " 4534
" " 75126
" " 8918
" " 932,432
Public Health Act 1961, Section 17140
Factories Act 196188
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 194956
Stepney Borough Council (Staircase Lighting) Byelaws15
Tower Hamlets Council (Hairdressers) Byelaws6
Total:3,354

Table: TABLE 54DEFECTS IN DWELLINGS REMEDIED FOLLOWING SERVICE OF NOTICES

TABLE 54

DEFECTS IN DWELLINGS REMEDIED FOLLOWING SERVICE OF NOTICES

Dirty and dilapidated rooms450
Defective and/or choked drains and water-closets606
Defective and/or dirty water-closets1,051
Defective water supply129
Defective paving88
Defective gutters and rainwater pipes401
Defective roofs878
Dampness2,210
Dustbins supplied126
Accumulations of refuse removed427
Smoke nuisances abated21
Miscellaneous defects remedied2,661