Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH. HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics.
Year ended 31st December, 1925. 1.—General.
(1) Estimated population | 107,300 |
(2) General death-rate | 13.3 |
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis | 1.4 |
(4) Infantile mortality | 88 |
(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 | 59 |
2.—Unfit Dwelling-houses. | |
I.—Inspection. | |
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 9,701 |
(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. | Nil. |
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs ... | |
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit— | |
(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 |