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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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WORK DONE UNDER SECTION 9, HOUSING ACT
Table No. 138
| DISTRICTS | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Premises, cleansed | 22 | 20 | 28 | 39 | 47 | 19 | 74 | 16 | 13 | 278 |
| „total rooms | 64 | 55 | 100 | 126 | 167 | 81 | 331 | 49 | 30 | 1003 |
| „ verminous rooms | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 4 | 10 | 14 | ... | 2 | 36 |
| generally repaired | 31 | 46 | 50 | 52 | 78 | 27 | 126 | 36 | 28 | 474 |
| Light and ventilation | 10 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 78 |
| Roofs, gutters, rainwater pipes | 14 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 57 | 31 | 142 | 24 | 33 | 394 |
| Food cupboards | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 14 | 23 |
| Water supply | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 27 | ... | 16 | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| Drains, improved or repaired | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
| Soil, vent pipes repaired | ... | ... | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 |
| W.C.'s, improved or repaired | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 61 |
| Sinks, new | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 29 | 6 | 3 | 43 |
| „ improved | 2 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 36 | ... | 21 | ... | ... | 83 |
| „ traps provided | 1 | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 14 | |
| 2 | 10 | 39 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 163 | |
| Cleansed or limewashed | 8 | 29 | 91 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 29 | ... | ... | 213 |
| Improved or repaired | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| Dustbins provided or repaired | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | ... | 3 | 37 |
| Accumulations removed | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 |