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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES (tables)
The following tables summarize the visits of inspection and the work of the Public Health Inspectors during 1964
| NSPECTIONS & REINSPECTIONS | Privately Owned | Council Owned | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | RI | I | RI | ||
| HOUSING ACTS | House to House | 100 | 15 | 1 | _ |
| Individual Houses | 26 | 6 | 2 | - | |
| Closure of whole house | 24 | 39 | - | - | |
| Closure of part of house | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| Closure of underground rooms | 16 | 11 | - | - | |
| Houses let in lodgings | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| (Vercrowding | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Clearance Areas | 60 | 27 | 7 | 1 | |
| Improvement Grants | 11 | 4 | - | - | |
| Standard Grants | 1 | - | - | ||
| PH (L) ACT | Nuisances in dwellings | 1022 | 1594 | 304 | 240 |
| Nuisances in other premises | 292 | 165 | 106 | 56 | |
| Construction drains - new bdgs | 443 | 245 | 255 | 160 | |
| Reconstruction drains other bdgs .. | 128 | 212 | 16 | 8 | |
| Drains sealed off | 7 | 2 | 59 | 12 | |
| Water Supplies,. | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Verminous Premises (bugs.fleas lice) | 31 | 16 | 20 | 17 | |
| Infectious disease | 79 | 20 | 85 | 33 | |
| FOOD & DRUGS ACT | Public Houses | 129 | 101 | 3 | - |
| Canteens | 17 | 14 | 16 | 11 | |
| Warehouses | 61 | 131 | 1 | - | |
| Bakehouses | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | |
| Food manufacturing premises | 22 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| CLEAN AIR ACT | Dwellings | 34 | 23 | 51 | 6 |
| Factories | 167 | 9 | 3 | - | |
| Offices & Commercial premises | 104 | 5 | 9 | - | |
| Replacement/adaptation of fireplaces | 304 | 616 | 270 | 424 | |
| Observations dwellings | 39 | 3 | 73 | 24 | |
| Observations other premises | 164 | 33 | 18 | - | |
| Observations vehicles | 3 | - | - | - | |
| VARIOUS OTHER ACTS | Shops Act | 710 | 99 | 90 | 16 |
| Rodents | 103 | 32 | 67 | 31 | |
| Insect infestations | 16 | 3 | 17 | 2 | |
| Pet Animals | 16 | - | - | - | |
| Rag Flock | 56 | 4 | - | - | |
| Heating appliances | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Rag & bone dealer | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Offices Shops etc Act | 189 | 421 | 13 | 3 | |
| Pharmacy & Poisons | 33 | 5 | 3 | - | |
| Hairdressers | 115 | 40 | 6 | 1 | |
| Outworkers | 71 | 25 | 67 | 16 | |
| Factories - Power | 1658 | 245 | 20 | 1 | |
| Factories - Non Power | 101 | 30 | 7 | 4 | |
| Vacant sites | 46 | 36 | 93 | 79 | |
| Noise Abatement Act | 54 | 39 | 21 | 26 | |
| TOTALS | 6512 | 4319 | 1717 | 1175 | |
| 10,831 | 2892 | ||||