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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Number of Notices served—
| (a) Under Public Health Act— | |
| (i.) Intimation | 5,586 |
| (ii.) Statutory | 859 |
| (b) Under Housing Act | Nil |
| Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under Public Health Act, 1891 | 5,586 |
| Number of houses repaired under Section 3 of Housing Act, 1925— | |
| (a) By owners | Nil |
| (b) By Local Authority in default of owners | Nil |
| Note.—This Section was, in August, rendered inoperative by the Housing Act, 1930. | |
| Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit | Nil |
| Number of houses for the Working Classes— | |
| 78 | |
| (b) In course of erection | 52 |
| Number of representations by Medical Officer or other person (Housing Act, Sec. 17) | 19 |
| Number of houses included in such representations | 19 |
| Number of Closing Orders made | 2 |
| Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e., houses made fit) | Nil |
| Number of Demolition Orders | Nil |
| Number of houses demolished— | |
| (a) In pursuance of Orders | 65 |
| (b) Voluntary | 23 |
| Underground Rooms. | |
| Number illegally occupied 2,000 approximately (Housing Act) | |
| Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued | 4 |
| Overcrowding. | |
| Number of cases of overcrowding found | 168 |
| Number remedied | 192 |
| Number of prosecutions | Nil |
Fur Skin Dressers.
At the end of the year there was one on the Register. Four visits of inspection
were made, and one Intimation Notice was served in respect of lime
washing. This was duly complied with.
Rag and Bone Dealers.
Some 22 premises to which bye-laws under Section 9 of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, apply, were on the Register at