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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
Shoreditch 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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SUMMARY OP PROCEEDINGS DURING 1903.— Table VIII.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OP PLACES— | Number of inspections, 1903. | Number of notices, 1903. | Number of prosecutions, 1903. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1902. | Added in 1903. | Removed in 1903. | On register at end of 1903. | ||||
| Milk premises | 304 | 16 | 20 | 300 4 | 2803 | 3 | — |
| Cowsheds | 9 | — | 1 | 8 | 90 | — | — |
| Slaughter-houses | 14 | — | — | 14 | 110 | — | - |
| Other offensive trade premises | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ice cream premises | 63 | 4 | 64 | 148 | 15 | - | |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 191 | 42 | — | 233 | 335 | (a)* | (a)* |
| (b) | |||||||
* (a) For overcrowding. * (b) For other conditions.
Overcrowding, 1903:—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 106
Number remedied 106
Number of notices issued 85
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms:—
Number closed during year 2
Insanitary houses:—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 20
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891:—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 14
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts :—
Number of houses for which applications were reoeived during year 24
Number of dwellings comprised therein 72
Number of certificates granted as to dwellings 42
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891:—
As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. 7
"With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc. 2
Mortuary:—
Total number of bodies removed 450
Total number of infectious bodies removed 2