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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The following summary follows in the main return made to the Medical Officer
of Health of the London County Council for inclusion in his Annual Report for
the year 1930:—
Sanitary Area.
premises. | NUMBER OF PLACES- | Number of inspections, 1930. | Number of notices, 1930. | Number of prosecutions, 1930. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
On register at end of 1929. | Added in 1930. | Removed in 1930. | On register at end of 1930. | ||||
Milk premises | 288 | 5 | 20 | 273 | 863 | 11 | ... |
Cowsheds | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 31 | 1 | ... |
Slaughterhouses | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... |
Offensive trade premises | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 2 | ... |
Ice Cream premises | 91 | 5 | ... | 96 | 226 | 12 | ... |
Houses let in lodgings | 389 | 19 | 6 | 402 | 799 | 191 | ... |
Restaurants and eating houses | 194 | ... | 5 | 189 | 456 | 23 | ... |
Smoke Nuisances.
(1) Number of observations 748 (4) Number of Statutory notices
(2) Number of intimations served 11 served 1
(3) Number of complaints received 3 (5) Number of legal proceedings Nil
(6) Number of convictions Nil
Cleansing and Disinfection.
Number of adults cleansed 6 Number of premises cleansed—
Number of children cleansed Nil (a) After infectious diseases 1,999
(b) For vermin 31
Water Supply to Tenement Houses.
Number of premises supplied 35 Number of prosecutions Nil
Sanitary Officers.
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time): Male—13. Female—Nil.
„ „ „ (part-time): Male—Nil. Female—Nil.
Number of Health Visitors (wholetime): Municipal—6. Voluntary—2.
„ „ (part-time) : Nil.
Total number of houses in the Borough 14,026
Number of houses occupied by the Working Classes 13,126
Number of houses inspected—
(a) On account of complaints or illness (Public Health Act) 6,023
(b) House-to-house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) (Public
Health Act) 1,997