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Shoreditch 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH. HOUSING CONDITIONS.

Statistics.

Year ended 31st December, 1922. 1.— General.

(1) Estimated population105,800
(2) General death-rate16.3
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis1.7
(4) Infantile mortality102
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes14,000 (Estimated)
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses13,000 (Estimated)
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected25

2.— Unfit Dwelling-houses.

I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts)6,513
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910-
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation2
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation-
II.— Remedy of Defects without Service of formal Notices. Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers-
III.— Action under Statutory Powers. A. Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit—Nil.
(a) by owners
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close