[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 68

Shoreditch 1925

[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