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Shoreditch 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics.
Year ended 31st December, 1924. 1.—General.
| (1) Estimated population | 106,500 |
| (2) General death-rate | 13.7 |
| (3) Death-rate from tuberculosis | 1.3 |
| (4) Infantile mortality | 87 |
| (5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes | 14,000 (Estimated) |
| (6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses | 13,000 (Estimated) |
| (7) Number of new working-class houses erected | 30 |
2.—Unfit Dwelling-houses.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 9,442
(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 habitation—
(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