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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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52.
HOUSING STATISTICS.
1. INSPECTION OF DWELLING — HOUSES DURING THE YEAR.
| (l) (a.) Total number of dwelling—houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 6,454 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose. | 14,079 |
| (2) (a) Number of dwelling—houses (included under sub—head (l) above) which were inspected and recorded under Section 5, Housing Act, 1936. | 239 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose. | 264 |
| (3) Number of dwelling—houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 61 |
2. REMEDY OF DEFECTS DURING THE YE A R WITHOUT SERVICE OF NUISANCE NOTICES.
| Number of premises where it was found necessary to serve Intimation Notices under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, to abate nuisances or remedy defects | 1,421 |
3. ACTION UNDER STATUTORY POWERS DURING THE YEAR.
| A. Proceedings under Public Health Acts:- | |
| (l) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which nuisance notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 320 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of nuisance notices | |
| (a) by owners | 303 |
| (b) by local authority in default of owners | - |