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 Stepney]
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Total number of Intimations served for all purposes 14,322
Overcrowding—
Number of Inspections 17,135
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 549
„ , , „ . , { Intimations 597
Number of Notices served
Statutory Notices 158
Number remedied 548
Number of Prosecutions 5
Underground, rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during the year 31
Number of rooms closed 18
Insanitary Houses—Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 2
Number closed under the Housing and Town Planning Act 9
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) 2,462
Number of filthy articles purified (Sec. 19) 112
Number of sanitary conveniences altered (Sec. 22) —
Number of sanitary conveniences removed (Sec. 22) —
Number of fixed ashpits removed (Sec. 23) 16
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1907.
Number of tenement houses dealt with as regards water supply (Sec. 78) 19
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 28
Places where Food is prepared for sale—
Number on Register 450
Number of Inspections 977
Number of Notices served i74
House to House Inspections—
Number of Inspections 5,660
Number of defects 3,157
Intimations 2,906
Number of Notices served 2,906
Statutory Notices 1,135