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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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: VI. - SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work of the Public Health Inspectors during 1956.

VI. - SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.

The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work of the Public Health Inspectors during 1956.

INSPECTIONS.
Housing Act, 1956, Section 5239
Housing Act, 1936 Section 9-
Housing Act, 1936, Section 12382
Housing Repairs & Rents Act, 195495
Clearance Areas471
Other Dwellings3,626
Premises not specified below1,096
Factories - mechanical1,164
Factories - non-mechanical69
Rag Flock Act, 195135
Pet Animals Act 195137
Outworkers83
Hairdressers193
Bakehouses49
Milkshops140
Cookshops26
Fried Fish shops23
Ice Cream shops62
Butchers' shops, stalls, stores, etc.94
Rag & Bone dealers14
Food stalls203
Registered Food shops or premises1,207
Fish curers' premises1
Fur skin dresser's premises5
Stables14
Shops Act, 1950537
Smoke observations594
Pharmacy & Poisons Act, 193345
Markets90
Canteens166
Vacant sites168
Dangerous buildings22
Infectious disease visits447
Rodent Infestations718
RE-INSPECTIONS.
Housing Act 1956, Section 525
Housing Act, 1936, Section 9-
Housing Act, 1936, Section 1250
Housing Repairs & Rents Act 195429
Clearance Areas57
Other Dwellings7,390
Factories578
Rag Flock Act, 19511