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Stepney 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Total number of Intimations served for all purposes12,562
Overcrowding—
Number of Inspections 13,909
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 645
Intimations 575
Number of Notices served
Statutory Notices 124
Number remedied 632
Number of Prosecutions 4
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during the year 52
Number of rooms closed 25
Insanitary Houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 1
Number closed under the Housing of Working Classes Act —
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1903. Part VIII.
Number of prosecutions for breach of by-laws as to conveyance of dead
horses through the street —
L.C.C. (General Poivers) Act, 1904—
Number of verminous rooms cleansed (Sec. 20) 1,395
Number of filthy articles purified (Sec. 19) 331
Number of sanitary conveniences altered (Sec. 22) 1
Number of sanitary conveniences removed (Sec. 22) —
Number of fixed ashpits removed (Sec. 23) 19
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1907.
Number of tenement houses dealt with as regards water supply (Sec. 78) 3
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (1) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 77
Places wheve Food is prepared for sale—
Number on Register 369
Number of Inspections 626
Number of Notices served 127
House to House Inspections—
Number of Inspections 6,958
Number of defects 3,589
.. . , „ „ , Intimations 3,184
Number of Notices served
Statutory Notices 1,065