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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: STATISTICAL REPORT OF HOUSING WORK DONE BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS, 1957.

STATISTICAL REPORT OF HOUSING WORK DONE BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS, 1957.

Overcrowding,
Number of new cases reported8
Number of new cases referred to L.C.C.8
Number of cases relieved116
Number of Inspections and Visits by Inspectors217

Table: Preferential treatment on health grounds.

Preferential treatment on health grounds.

Number of new cases investigated and reported on to L.C.C.1
Number of cases known to have been found accommodation29
Number of inspections and visits by Inspectors7

Table: Underground rooms.

Underground rooms.

Number reported on14
Number closed13
Number where undertakings received-
Number made to comply with regulations2