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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work of the Sanitary Inspectors during 1950.

SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.

The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work of the Sanitary Inspectors during 1950.

INSPECTIONS.
Housing Act, 1936, Section 53,452
Housing Act, 1936, Section 91
Housing Act, 1936, Section 12113
Other Dwellings5,714
Premises not specified below1,215
Factories - mechanical1,296
Factories - non-mechanical130
Outworkers579
Hairdressers125
Bakehouses59
Milkshops190
Cookshops521
Fried Fish Shops53
Ice Cream Shops343
Butchers' shops, stalls, stores, etc.269
Rag & Bone dealers20
Registered Food shops or premises875
Fish curers' premises14
Fur skin dresser's premises4
Stables.112
Shops Act, 19502,628
Smoke observations424
Pharmacy & Poisons Act, 1933152
Markets52
Canteens127
Vacant sites113
Dangerous buildings82
Infectious disease visits697
Rodent Infestations318
Food Inspector's calls, visits, etc.551
RE-INSPECTIONS.
Housing Act, 1936, Section 586
Housing Act, 1936, Section 917
Housing Act, 1936, Section 12525
Other Dwellings15,365