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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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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 | – |