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Shoreditch 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Mr. Wright's duties were defined as follows:—
(i) To render the Medical Officer of Health such assistance as he may
require in connection with the administrative supervision and
direction of the work for which the Sanitary Inspectors are responsible
under Part. III of the Sanitary Officers' Order, 1926.
(ii) To attend the meetings of the Public Health Committee.
(iii) To carry out all the duties of a Sanitary Inspector as laid down in
Section 19 of the Sanitary Officers' Order in relation to District
No. 7.
(iv) To make inspections, submit reports and keep records as directed
regarding matters dealt with under the Housing Acts.
(v) To attend the meetings of the Housing Committee.
(vi) To keep under general supervision, and to regularly inspect the
Disinfecting Station, the Mortuary and the Shelter in Reeves
Place.
The total number of Intimations served as to insanitary conditions was
4,470. The number served on each Sanitary District was as follows: —
District No. I 405 District No. VI 428
II 483 VII 258
III 544 VIII 463
IV 913 IX 364
V 612
In connection with the Inspectors' Sanitary work, some 1,105 letters were
written to owners and others.
Statutory Notices under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, were
served by order of the Sanitary Authority upon the parties responsible for
the abatement of nuisances in 542 instances.
For non-compliance with the requirements of the Sanitary Authority,
proceedings were taken before the Magistrates in 9 instances. A list of
Legal Proceedings will be found on pages 70 and 71.
The following tables (page 46), prepared by the Senior Sanitary InInspector,
summarize the visits and work of the Sanitary Inspectors during
1933. The work done in compliance with the provisions of the Factory and
D