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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 1970

[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
Factories Act 196180
Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970292
Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations, 196674
Hairdressers and Barbers Byelaws6
Informal Notices to Local Authority Housing Departments1,669
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 194951
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 3919
-do- 7517
-do- 8912
-do- 931,139
Public Health Act, 1961, Section 17128
Staircase Lighting Byelaws3
Total:3,490

Table: TABLE 54

TABLE 54

OUTWORKERS
Firms in the borough employing outworkers174
Outworkers residing in, and employed by firms in the borough496
Outworkers residing outside the borough employed by firms in the borough1,120
Outworkers residing in the borough employed by firms outside the borough133
Total outworkers in the borough629

Table: TABLE 55

TABLE 55

REFUSE DISPOSAL
Home and trade refuse72,500 tons
Street and market collections15,500 tons
No. of bulk containers in use3,200
No. of street gulleys cleansed9,500

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