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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS DURING 1925.
TABLE VII.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES— | Number of inspections, 1925. | Number of notices, 1925. | Number of prosecutions, 1925. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1924. | Added in 1925. | Removed in 1925. | On register at end of 192.1. | ||||
| Milk premises | 256 | 18 | 10 | 264 | 1,683 | 12 | ... |
| Cowsheds | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 19 | ... | ... |
| Slaughterhouses | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 21 | ... | ... |
| Other offensive trade premises | 22 | 5 | 27 | 83 | 7 | ... | |
| Ice Cream premises | 127 | 24 | 16 | 135 | 306 | 21 | ... |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 305 | 5 | 3 | 307 | 1,625 | 315 | 6 |
Number of intimation notices served for all purposes 5,573
Overcrowding :—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 58
Number remedied 39
Number of prosecutions 1
Number of premises dealt with under Section 20 of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1904 329
Underground rooms :—
Number dealt with during year 2
Insanitary houses :—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 —
Shelter provided under Section 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891 :—
Number of persons accommodated during the year —
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts
Number of dwellings for which applications were received during the year —
Number of prosecutions under Bye-laws under Public Health (London) Act,
1891
With respect to water closets, earth closets, houses let in lodgings, &c. 9
Mortuary :—
Total number of bodies removed 140
Total number of infectious bodies removed —