Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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64.
NOTICES SERVED.
Public Health (London)Act,1936 | |
Intimation Notices | 584 |
Nuisance Notices | 64 |
Housing Act,1957 | – |
Factories Act, 1957 | 224 |
Shops Act, 1950 | 11 |
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 | – |
Food & Drugs Act,1955 | 14 |
Clean Air Act, 1956 | 10 |
COMPLAINTS RECEIVED | 1,382 |
1. INSPECTION OF DWELLING-HOUSES DURING THE YEAR.
(l) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 4,556 |
(b) Number of Inspections made for the purpose | 7,435 |
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (l) above) which were inspected and recorded under Section 3,Housing Act, 1957 | 307 |
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 550 |
(5) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 42 |
2. REMEDY OF DEFECTS DURING THE YEAR WITHOUT SERVICE OF NUISANCE NOTICES. | |
Number of premises where it was found necessary to serve Intimation Notices under the Public Health (London) Act, 1956, to abate nuisances or remedy defects | 584 |
5. ACTION UNDER STATUTORY POWERS DURING THE YEAR | |
A. Proceedings under Public Health Acts:- | |
(l) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which nuisance notices were served requiring defects to be remedied. | 64 |
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of nuisance notices | |
(a) by owners | 68 |
(b) by local authority in default of owners | – |