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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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FOOD & DRUGS ACT,1938.
| Date | Nature of Offence | Fine | Costs | Result. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25th April | Sale of loaf of breed containing mouse droppings. | 10. | 0. | 0 | 5. | 15. | 6 | Defendant fined £10 and ordered to pay £5.15s.6 costs. |
| 24th Sept. | Selling flour containing mouse droppings. | 15. | 0. | 0 | la | 10. | 0 | Defendant fined £15 and ordered to pay £10.10s. 0 costs. |
STATISTICAL REPORT OF HOUSING WCRX
DOME BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS,1952.
Overcrowding.
Number of new cases reported ... ... ... ... 36
Number of cases referred to L.C. C. ... ... ... 36
Number of cases relieved ... ... ... ... 258 *
Number of inspections and visits by Sanitary Inspectors. 378
Preferential treatment on health grounds.
Number of cases investigated and reported on to L.C. C. 127
Number of cases known to have been found accommodation. 37 *
Number of inspections and visits by Sanitary Inspectors. 135
Underground rooms.
Number reported on ... ... ... ... ... 32
Number closed ... ... ... ... ... ... 12
Number where undertakings received ... ... ... 9
Number made to comply with regulations.. ... ... 12
General
Number of letters sent to County M. 0. H. and Valuer,L. C.C. 240
Number of letters sent to Shoreditch Borough Council
Housing Department. ... ... ... ... 195
* 215 cases of overcrowding and 28 cases for preferential treatment
wore removed from the Health Department registers during
the year as the result of investigations carried out by the
Sanitary Inspectors. In the majority of oases it was found
that families had obtained other accommodation themselves, and
in others the accommodation was now adequate following the
removal or death of one or more of the occupants.