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Shoreditch 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Smoke Nuisances.
(1) Number of observations 33 (4) Number of Statutory notices
(2) Number of intimations served Nil
served 6 (5) Number of legal proceedings Nil
(3) Number of complaints re- (6) Number of convictions Nil
ceived 1
Cleansing and Disinfection.
Number of adults cleansed 4 Number of premises cleansed—
Number of children cleansed Nil (a) After infectious diseases 1,272
(b) For vermin 49
Water Supply to Tenement Houses.
Number of premises supplied 33 Number of prosecutions Nil
Sanitary Officers.
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) : Male—10. Female—Nil.
„ „ „ (part-time) : Male—Nil. Female—Nil.
Number of Health Visitors (whole-time) : Municipal—6. Voluntary—2.
Number of Pupil Health Visitors (part-time)—4.
Total number of houses in the Borough 14,102
Number of houses occupied by the Working Classes 13,616
Number of houses inspected : —
(a) On account of complaints or illness and otherwise under
Public Health Act 7,252
(b) House-to-house (Public Health Act) 1,302
Number of Notices served—
(a) Under Public Health Act—
(i.) Intimation 4,470
(ii.) Statutory .. 542
(b) Under Housing Act Nil
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under Public
Health Act, 1891 4,470
Number of houses repaired under Section 17 of Housing Act, 1930—
(a) By owners 1
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be
made fit Nil