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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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old people, but it has a further and potentially more practical value, in
that if such a person were found dead, this might be the only means of contacting
relatives or others concerned. It also gives this department a
valid reason for ensuring that such old folk have a doctor available if
they are taken ill at any time.
VI. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work of the Sanitary Inspectors during 1951.
INSPECTIONS.
| Housing Act, 1936, Section 5 | 3,047 |
| Housing Act, 1936, Section 9 | 1 |
| Housing Act, 1936, Section 12 | 27 |
| Clearance Areas | 84 |
| Other Dwellings | 4,800 |
| Premises not specified below | 1,533 |
| Factories - mechanical | 1,297 |
| Factories - non-mechanical | 147 |
| Rag Flock Act, 1951 | 148 |
| Outworkers | 723 |
| Hairdressers | 248 |
| Bakehouses | 82 |
| Milkshops | 315 |
| Cookshops | 541 |
| Fried Fish shops | 47 |
| Ice Cream shops | 402 |
| Butchers' shops, stalls, stores, etc. | 211 |
| Rag & Bone dealers | 100 |
| Registered Food shops or premises | 790 |
| Fish curers' premises | 17 |
| Fur skin dresser's premises | 4 |
| Stables | 125 |
| Shops Act, 1950. | 2,987 |
| Smoke observations | 497 |
| Pharmacy & Poisons Act, 1933 | 68 |
| Markets | 52 |
| Canteens | 102 |
| Vacant sites | 105 |
| Dangerous buildings | 73 |
| Infectious disease visits | 1,497 |
| Rodent Infestations | 370 |
| Food Inspector's calls, visits, etc. | 674 |