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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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22.
VI. - SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work of the Public Health Inspectors during 1959.
| INSPECTIONS. Housing Act, 1957, Section 3 | 556 |
| Housing Act, 1957, Section 9 | - |
| Housing Act, 1957, Section 18 | 25 |
| Rent Act,1957 | 94 |
| Clearance Areas | 209 |
| Clean Air Act | 2,014 |
| Other Dwellings | 3,018 |
| Premises not specified below | 1,837 |
| Factories - mechanical | 1,211 |
| Factories - non-mechanical | 94 |
| Rag Flock Act, 1951 | 132 |
| Pet Animals Act 1951 | 22 |
| Outworkers | 163 |
| Hairdressers | 98 |
| Public Houses | 208 |
| Bakehouses | 125 |
| Mi lkshops | 397 |
| Cookshops | 766 |
| Fried Fish shops | 73 |
| Ice Cream shops | 216 |
| Butchers' shops, stalls, stores, etc. | 516 |
| Rag & Bone dealers | 14 |
| Food stalls | 276 |
| Registered Food shops or premises | 718 |
| Fish curers' premises | 37 |
| Fur skin dresser's premises | 6 |
| Stables | 18 |
| Shops Act, 1950 | 568 |
| Smoke observations | 533 |
| Pharmacy & Poisons Act, 1933 | 45 |
| Markets | 210 |
| Canteens | 206 |
| Vacant sites | 352 |
| Dangerous buildings | 34 |
| Infectious disease visits | 245 |
| Rodent Infestations | 287 |
| RE-INSPECTIONS. Housing Act 1957, Section 3 | 106 |
| Housing Act, 1957, Section 9 | - |
| Housing Act, 1957, Section 18 | 7 |
| Rent Act, 1957 | 42 |
| Clearance Areas | 16 |
| Clean Air Act | 30 |
| Other Dwellings | 4,507 |
| Factories | 655 |