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Shoreditch 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS DURING 1927.
TABLE VII.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES- | Number of inspections, 1927. | Number of notices, 1927. | Number of prosecutions, 1927. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1926. | Added in 1927. | Removed in 1927. | On register at end of 1927. | ||||
| Milk premises | 270 | 17 | 7 | 280 | 1,315 | 14 | ... |
| Cowsheds | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 21 | ... | ... |
| Slaughterhouses | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 26 | ... | ... |
| Other offensive trade | |||||||
| premises | 25 | ... | 1 | 24 | 80 | 12 | ... |
| Ice Cream premises | 132 | 11 | 17 | 126 | 256 | 14 | ... |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 307 | ... | 4 | 303 | 1,218 | 213 | 4 |
Number of intimation notices served for all purposes 5,720
Overcrowding:—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 172
Number remedied 85
Number of prosecutions —
Number of premises dealt with under Section 20 of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1904 203
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 12
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 and other Acts :—
With respect to water closets, earth closets, houses let in lodgings, &c. 10
Mortuary:—
Total number of bodies removed 128
Total number of infectious bodies removed —