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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS DURING 1907. Table IX.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES— | Number of inspections, 1907. | Number of notices, 1907. | Number of prosecutions. 1907. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1906. | Added in 1907. | Removed in 1907. | On register at end of 1907. | ||||
| Milk premises | 288 | 18 | 22 | 284 | 3410 | 10 | .. |
| Cowsheds | 7 | •• | •• | 7 | 17 | •• | •• |
| Slaughter-houses Otlier offensive | 9 | •• | 1 | 8 | 37 | •• | •• |
| trade premises lee Cream | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | 6 | •• | •• |
| premises | 69 | 17 | 2 | 84 | 158 | 21 | •• |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 266 | 11 | 5 | 272 | 419 | 140 | 5 |
Number of intimation notices served for all purposes 3032
Overcrowding: —
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 80
Number remedied 80
Number of prosecutions Nil
Number of premises dealt with under Section 20 of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1891 111
Underground rooms: —
Number dealt with during year Nil
Insanitary houses : —
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 31
Shelter provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Heialth (London) Act, 1891 : —
Number of persons accommodated during the year 6
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts: —
Number of houses for which applications were received during year 3
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health (London) Act,1891 : —
With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc. Nil
Mortuary : —
Total number of bodies removed 349
Total number of infectious bodies removed 3