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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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62.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES (tables)
The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work of the Public Health Inspectors during 1962.
| INSPECTIONS & REINSPECTIONS | Privately Owned | Council Owned | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | RI | I | RI | ||
| HOUSING ACTS | House to House | 280 | 20 | 6 | 1 |
| Individual houses | 20 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Closure of whole house | 8 | 9 | |||
| Closure of part of house | 1 | ||||
| Closure of underground rooms | 27 | 16 | 8 | 1 | |
| Houses let in lodgings | 43 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Overcrowding | 33 | 4 | |||
| Clearance Areas | 19 | 12 | |||
| Improvement Grants | 6 | ||||
| Standard Grants | |||||
| PH(L) ACT | Nuisances in dwellings | 1232 | 2050 | 592 | 488 |
| Nuisances in other premises | 273 | 154 | 313 | 328 | |
| Construction drains - new bdgs | 409 | 193 | 343 | 24 | |
| Reconstruction drains - other bdgs | 437 | 265 | 214 | 47 | |
| Drains sealed off | 202 | 40 | 377 | 15 | |
| Water Supplies | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Verminous Premises (bugs,fleas,lice) | 23 | 4 | 17 | 2 | |
| Infectious disease | 81 | 26 | 56 | 4 | |
| FOOD & DRUGS ACT | Public Houses | 211 | 95 | 2 | |
| Canteens | 58 | 19 | 3 | ||
| Warehouses | 77 | 34 | 2 | ||
| Bakehouses | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | |
| Food manufacturing premises | 43 | 28 | 8 | ||
| CLEAN AIR ACT | Dwellings | 443 | 880 | 40 | 4 |
| Factories | 232 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Offices & commercial premises | 14 | 2 | |||
| Replacement/adaptation of fireplaces | 1140 | 171 | 447 | ||
| Observations - dwellings | 15 | 1 | 23 | 2 | |
| Observations - other premises | 65 | 1 | 31 | 6 | |
| Observations - vehicles | 577 | 1 | 3 | ||
| VARIOUS OTHER ACTS | Shops Act | 1069 | 134 | 135 | 25 |
| Rodents | 199 | 49 | 237 | 17 | |
| Insect infestations | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1 | |
| Pet Animals | 11 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Rag Flock | 64 | 16 | 2 | 1 | |
| Heating appliances | 14 | 4 | |||
| Rag & bone dealer | 3 | ||||
| Pharmacy & Poisons | 42 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Hairdressers | 194 | 34 | 13 | 2 | |
| Outworkers | 100 | 3 | 125 | 4 | |
| Factories - Power | 1964 | 848 | 111 | 23 | |
| Factories - Non Power | 138 | 18 | 26 | 1 | |
| Vacant sites | 46 | 12 | 86 | 20 | |
| Noise Abatement Act | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 9880 | 5179 | 3272 | 1020 | |
| 15,059 | 4,292 | ||||