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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: The work done in compliance with the provisions of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and in connection with the drains and sanitary arrangements of new buildings is included:—

The work done in compliance with the provisions of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and in connection with the drains and sanitary arrangements of new buildings is included:—

Inspections, 1936DISTRICTS.Total
123456789
Housing Act, 1936, section 9..................128*......128*
Housing Consolidated Regs. 19256121842734581175236535
Other premises5945718371,3005898327771,0881,1407,728
Re-inspections, &c.1,8682,4552,7252,7512,2363,6162,3682,5853,69624,300
Visits in connection with infectious diseases (a) By sanitary inspectors165232117925102323271
(b) By infectious disease visitor...........................1,196
Common lodging houses3...............812932
Houses-let-in lodgings...2030...383......11...444
Workshops1721884225411916272281441,181
Factories942581412223513331515826
Outworkers9189991707720558684771
Bakehouses2232835131315811148
Milkshops, cowsheds533415423986267087100849
Cookshops1207958762819292815452
Fried fish shops72117355815918135
Ice cream shops275052361714272533281
Meat and food243469693513144125324
Stables...1...913122...28
Rag and bone dealers4292142.........556
Markets172625302023282429222
Total39,907

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* The whole of the inspections under this section of the Housing Act, 1936, are carried out by
the Inspector for District 7, and do not therefore relate to one district.