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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work of the Public Health Inspectors during 1961.
| INSPECTIONS & REINSPECTIONS | Privately Owned | Council Owned | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | RI | I | RI | ||
| HOUSING ACTS | House to House | 138 | 25 | 4 | 2 |
| Individual houses | 28 | 1 | |||
| Closure of whole house | 45 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Closure of part of house | 3 | l | |||
| Closure of underground rooms | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Houses let in lodgings | 4 | 1 | |||
| Overcrowding | 46 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Clearance Areas | 17 | 8 | |||
| Improvement Grants | 4 | ||||
| Standard Grants | 2 | ||||
| PH(L) ACT | Nuisancesin dwellings | 1285 | 2359 | 326 | 275 |
| Nuisances in other premises | 330 | 291 | 87 | 114 | |
| Construction drains-new bdgs | 423 | 52 | 77 | 43 | |
| Reconstruction drains-other bdgs | 535 | 117 | 146 | 234 | |
| Drains sealed off | 63 | 12 | 217 | 24 | |
| Water Supplies | 5 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Verminous Premises (bugs,fleas,lice | 1 44 | 5 | 30 | 11 | |
| Infectious disease | 81 | 11 | 77 | 5 | |
| FOOD & DRUGS ACT | Public Houses | 166 | 59 | 1 | |
| Canteens | 47 | 4 | 18 | ||
| Warehouses | 24 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bakehouses | 21 | 12 | |||
| Pood manufacturing premises | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | |
| CLEAN AIR ACT | Dwellings | 553 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Factories | 58 | 6 | |||
| Offices & commercial premises | 11 | 7 | |||
| Replacement/adaptation of fireplace | 301 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Observations-dwellings | 54 | 3 | 40 | ||
| Observations-other premises | 318 | 6 | 45 | 2 | |
| Observations-vehicles | 112 | 2 | |||
| various other acts | Shops Act | 1187 | 110 | 45 | 3 |
| Rodents | 170 | 39 | 55 | 15 | |
| Insect infestations | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Pet Animals | 15 | ||||
| Rag Flock | 43 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Heating appliances | 1 | ||||
| Rag & bone dealer | 4 | ||||
| Pharmacy & Poisons | 61 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hairdressers | 170 | 29 | 9 | 3 | |
| Outworkers | 132 | 8 | 67 | 1 | |
| Factories-Power | 1246 | 45 | 20 | ||
| Factories-Non-Power | 168 | 505 | 8 | 2 | |
| Vacant sites | 94 | 41 | 82 | 52 | |
| Noise Abatement Act | 11 | 1 | 4 | ||
| TOTALS | 8,006 | 3,801 | 1,462 | 817 | |
| 11,807 | 2, 2 79 | ||||