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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: The following summary follows in the main the return made to the Medical Officer of Health of the London County Council for inclusion in his Annual Report for the year 1934:—

The following summary follows in the main the return made to the Medical Officer of Health of the London County Council for inclusion in his Annual Report for the year 1934:—

PREMISES.NUMBER OF PLACES—Number of inspections, 1934Number of notices, 1934Number of prosecutions, 1934
On register at end of 1933Added in 1934Removed in 1934On register at end of 1934
Houses let in Lodgings410168418744284Nil
Common Lodging Houses4......4412„
Seamen's „............„
Cowsheds (licensed)2......2191„
Slaughterhouses „..................„
Other offensive trades1......162„
Milkshops29528163071,26324„
Ice Cream premises13742717236914„
Restaurants and Eating Houses243291226069678„
Registered Foster mothers.........10184...„
Nurse children kept.........10184...„

Table: Smoke Nuisances.

Smoke Nuisances.

(1) Number of observations24(5) Number of legal proceedingsNil
(2) Number of intimations served5(6) Number of convictionsNil
(3) Number of complaints received4(7) Amount of penalty and costs imposed in each caseNil
(4) Number of statutory notices servedNil

Table: Cleansing and Disinfection.

Cleansing and Disinfection.

Number of adults cleansed6Number of premises cleansed—
Number of children cleansed3(a) After infectious diseases974
(b) For vermin74

Table: Water Supply to Tenement Houses.

Water Supply to Tenement Houses.

Number of premises supplied56Number of prosecutionsNil
Total number of houses in the Borough14,077
Number of houses occupied by the working classes13,559
Number of houses inspected:—
(a) On account of complaints or illness and otherwise under Public Health Act7,670
(b) House-to-house (Public Health Act)1,325