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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 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 1936:—

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 1936:—

PREMISES.NUMBER OF PLACES-Number of inspections, 1936Number of notices, 1936Number of prosecutions, 1936
On register at end of 1935Added in 1936Removed in 1936On register at end of 1936
Houses let in lodgings417......417444271Nil
Common lodging houses4......4321„
Seamen's „..................„
Cowsheds (licensed)2„1116...„
Slaughterhouses „..................„
Other offensive trades1......1113„
Milkshops31410831683337„
Ice cream premises183191219028115„
Restaurants and eating houses238201724145246„
Registered foster mothers9......1074...„
Nurse children kept9......1074...„

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Smoke Nuisances.
(1) Number of observations66
(2) Number of intimations served 2
(3) Number of complaints received 5
(4) Number of statutory notices
served Nil
(5) Number of legal proceedings Nil
(6) Number of convictions Nil
(7) Amount of penalty and costs
imposed in each case Nil
Cleansing and Disinfection.
Number of adults cleansed21
Number of children cleansed 6
Number of premises cleansed—
(a) After infectious diseases 774
(b) For vermin 274
Water Supply to Tenement Houses.
Number of premises supplied 70
Number of prosecutions Nil
Housing.
Total number of houses in the Borough 13,990
Number of houses occupied by the working classes 13,724
Public Health Act—
Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness 8,824
Number of statutory notices served 840
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied 4,684