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Shoreditch 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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33.
HOUSING - OVER CROWDING AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.
At the end of 1954 the total number of overcrowded cases on the Public
Health Department register was 247, and the number on the medical
preferential treatment register was 81.
During the year 18 new cases of overcrowding and one new case
recommended for preferential treatment on medical grounds were added to
the register. 13 Overcrowded families and 2 preferential treatment cases
were rehoused, and a check of names on the registers revealed that a
further 78 overcrowded cases and 17 preferential treatment cases could be
deleted, having found other accommodation themselves.
The number of overcrowded cases remaining on the register at the end
of the year was therefore reduced to 174, and the number on the preferential
treatment register to 63.
Fifty-five visits of inspection were made during the year.
UNDERGROUND ROOMS .
During the year a complete survey of the underground rooms register
was made by the Chief Sanitary Inspector. Inspections were made of all
rooms and the register revised. This was necessary as so many of the rooms
on the register were at premises now demolished.
The number of underground rooms on the register at the end of the year
was 885.
During the year the number of underground rooms in respect of which
Closing Orders were made or undertakings accepted was 46.
In 4 cases Closing Orders were determined on the rooms being made to
comply with the Underground Room Regulations.

FACTORIES ACT, 1937.

The number of Factories on the Register at the end of 1955 was

Power Factories1,123
Non-Power Factories142
Total1,265

During the year 75 factories were added to the Register and 116
deleted, making a nett decrease in the number of factories in the Borough
of 41.