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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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61.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES (tables) .
The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work of the Public Health Inspectors during 1960.
| INSPECTIONS. | |
| Housing Act, 1957, Section 3 | 109 |
| Housing Act, 1957, Section 9 | — |
| Housing Act, 1957, Section 18 | 24 |
| Rent Act, 1957 | 5 |
| Clearance Areas | 53 |
| Clean Air Act | 237 |
| Other Dwellings | 3,432 |
| Premises not specified below | 1,829 |
| Factories - mechanical | 976 |
| Factories - non-mechanical | 109 |
| Rag Flock Act, 1951 | 143 |
| Pet Animals Act 1951 | 23 |
| Outworkers | 104 |
| Hairdressers | 212 |
| Public Houses | 72 |
| Bakehouses | 56 |
| Milkshops | 346 |
| Cookshops | 443 |
| Fried Fish shops | 36 |
| Ice Cream shops | 160 |
| Butchers' shops, stalls, stores, etc. | 297 |
| Rag & Bone dealers | 5 |
| Food stalls | 210 |
| Registered Food shops or premises | 327 |
| Fish curers premises | 31 |
| Fur skin dresser's premises | 4 |
| Stables | 10 |
| Shops Act, 1950 | 619 |
| Smoke observations | 661 |
| Pharmacy & Poisons Act, 1933 | 47 |
| Markets | 184 |
| Canteens | 44 |
| Vacant sites | 337 |
| Dangerous buildings | 29 |
| Infectious disease visits | 244 |
| Rodent Infestations | 526 |
| RE-INSPECTIONS. | |
| Housing Act 1957, Section 3 | 40 |
| Housing Act, 1957, Section 9 | — |
| Housing Act, 1957, Section 18 | 18 |
| Rent Act, 1957 | 16 |
| Clearance Areas | 8 |
| Clean Air Act | 5 |
| Other Dwellings | 4,928 |
| Factories | 753 |