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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 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, and in connection with the drains and sanitary arrangements of new buildings is included:—

of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, and in connection with the drains and sanitary arrangements of new buildings is included:—

Inspections, 1934DISTRICTS.Total
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House-to-house1731731961321571411061441031,325
Other premises9094911,6341,4505706945738546097,784
Re-inspections, &c.2,0763,0461,8623,5733,0883,1561,2362,8092,93623,782
Visits in connection with infectious diseases461908314312542338991842
Common lodging houses6...............14101141
Houses-let-in lodgings483386272917...744
Workshops45428569164675688661751,424
Factories91215332051788142315701
Outworkers461216719035342664144727
Bakehouses224525612131421122
Milkshops, cowsheds64155144223159661021382311,282
Cookshops2317182718748205927696
Fried fish shops192516191416462536216
Ice cream shops334737614620325538369
Meat and food175550547417105043370
Stables.........3......621122
Rag and bone dealers41010121.........744
Markets332925272831...3235240
Total40,731