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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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VIII. - SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.

Table: The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work of the Sanitary Inspectors during 1948.

The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work of the Sanitary Inspectors during 1948.

INSPECTIONS.
Housing Act 1936 Section 51,364
Housing Act, 1936, Section 914
Housing Act, 1936, Section 1239
Other dwd11ings4,855
Premises not specified below235
Houses let in lodgings-
Factories - mechanical603
non-mechanical65
Outworkers309
Bakehouses125
Milkshops298
Cookshops746
Fried Fish shops66
Ice Cream shops328
Butchers' shops, stalls, stores, etc.178
Rag and Bone dealers23
Registered Food shops or premises327
Fish Curers' premises24
Fur Skin dresser's premises1
Stables8
Common Lodging House5
Shops Act, 19341,926
Smoke obs ervations226
Pharmacy & Poisons Act, 1933185
Markets59
Static water tanks3
Canteens78
Visits by Infectious Disease Visitors4,204
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE.
Premises, cleansed throughout81
Premises, partially cleansed throughout1,588
Premises, total rooms3,845
Verminous rooms22
Verminous premises14
Premises, generally repaired3,500
Light and ventilation47
Roofs, gutters, rainwater pipes1,911
Overcrowding77
Water reinstated100
Drains, new3
Drains, reconstructed3
Drains, improved or repaired.151
Drains, obstructions removed.126