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Shoreditch 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS DURING 1904.—
Table VIII.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OP PLACES— | Number of inspections, 1904. | Number of notices, 1904. | Number of prosecutions, 1904. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1903. | Added in 1904. | Removed in 1904. | On register at end of 1904. | ||||
| Milk premises | 300 | 27 | 33 | 294 | 3199 | 4 | 1 |
| Cowsheds | 8 | — | 1 | 7 | 64 | — | — |
| Slaughter-houses Other offensive | 14 | — | 1 | 13 | 96 | — | — |
| trade premises Ice cream | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | —. | — |
| premises Registered houses let in lodgings | 64 233 | 11 24 | 6 | 69 257 | 196 272 | 23 29 | — |
Overcrowding, 1904 :—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 132
Number remedied 132
Number of notices issued 113
Number of prosecutions -
Underground rooms :—
Number dealt with during year 7
Insanitary houses:—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 189l 39
Shelter provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 :—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 43
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts :—
Number of houses for which applications were received during year —
Number of prosecutions under By-laws u"der Public Health Act, 1891 :—
"With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc. 1
Mortuary :—
Total number of bodies removed 460
Total number of infections bodies removed 4