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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

Tower Hamlets 1969

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

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Table: TABLE 53

TABLE 53

NOTICES SERVED BY DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960481
Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations, 1966141
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 3943
-do- 442
-do- 4513
-do- 7551
-do- 8923
-do- 931,671
Public Health Act, 1961, Section 17187
Informal Notices to Local Authority Housing Departments1, 977
Factories Act 1961149
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 194927
Stepney Council Common Staircase Lighting Byelaws24
Poultry Slaughterhouse Byelaws2
Total4, 791

Table: TABLE 54

TABLE 54

OUTWORKERS
Firms in the borough employing outworkers117
Outworkers residing in, and employed by firms in the borough480
Outworkers residing outside the borough employed by firms in the borough984
Outworkers residing in the borough employed by firms outside the borough117
Total outworkers in the borough597

Table: TABLE 55

TABLE 55

REFUSE DISPOSAL
Home and trade refuse74,173 tons
Street and market collections16,327 tons
No. of bulk containers in use2, 924
No. of street gulleys cleansed15,542