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]
This page requires JavaScript
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES (tables)
The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work
of the Public Health Inspectors during 1963.
INSPECTIONS & REINSPECTIONS | Privately Owned | Council Owned | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | RI | I | RI | ||
HOUSING ACTS | House to House | 91 | 13 | 3 | - |
Individual houses | 17 | 4 | 2 | - | |
Closure of whole house | 4 | - | 1 | - | |
Closure of part of house | 2 | - | - | - | |
Closure of underground rooms | 3 | - | - | - | |
Houses let in lodgings | 12 | - | - | - | |
Overcrowding | 19 | 1 | 2 | - | |
Clearance Areas | 14 | 3 | 3 | - | |
Improvement Grants | 19 | l | - | - | |
Standard Grants | 3 | - | - | - | |
PH(L) ACT | Nuisances in dwellings | 1282 | 1506 | 336 | 250 |
Nuisances in other premises | 356 | 136 | 166 | 73 | |
Construction drains - new bdgs | 359 | 83 | 220 | 70 | |
Reconstruction drains - other bdgs | 436 | 112 | 37 | 12 | |
Drains sealed off | 32 | 44 | 192 | 55 | |
Water Supplies | 18 | 13 | 20 | 4 | |
Verminous Premises (bugs, fleas, lice) | 6 | - | 4 | ||
Infectious disease | 78 | 25 | 49 | 10 | |
FOOD & DRUGS ACT | Public Houses | 139 | 45 | 5 | - |
Canteens | 16 | 4 | - | - | |
Warehouses | 34 | 122 | 3 | 2 | |
Bakehouses | 46 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
Food manufacturing premises | 30 | 33 | 5 | - | |
CLEAN AIR ACT | Dwellings | 175 | 96 | 65 | 16 |
Factories | 438 | 20 | 7 | 1 | |
Offices & Commercial premises | 87 | 10 | 13 | 3 | |
Replacement/adaptation of fireplaces | 625 | 1224 | 414 | 62 | |
Observations - dwellings | 14 | 7 | 11 | - | |
Observations - other premises | 81 | 10 | 8 | 1 | |
Observations - vehicles | 2 | 6 | 4 | - | |
VARIOUS OTHER ACTS | Shops Act | 617 | 103 | 98 | 16 |
Rodents | 95 | 11 | 141 | 5 | |
Insect infestations | 47 | 5 | 13 | 1 | |
Pet Animals | 9 | - | - | - | |
Rag Flock | 62 | 4 | - | - | |
Heating appliances | 1 | - | - | - | |
Rag & bone dealer | 3 | - | - | - | |
Pharmacy & Poisons | 22 | 5 | 2 | - | |
Hairdressers | 88 | 41 | 10 | 6 | |
Outworkers | 89 | 23 | 55 | 13 | |
Factories - Power | 1203 | 605 | 19 | 78 | |
Factories - Non Power | 55 | 11 | 1 | - | |
Vacant sites | 50 | 6 | 46 | 2 | |
Noise Abatement Act | 103 | 6 | 17 | 1 | |
TOTALS | 6841 | 4343 | 1978 | 682 | |
11,184 | 2,660 |