London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Stepney 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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88
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during the year 38
Number of rooms closed 18
Insanitary Houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 3
Number closed under the Housing and Town Planning Act 6
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1903. Part VIII.
Number of prosecutions for breach of Bye-laws as to conveyance of
dead horses through the street —
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904—
Number of verminous rooms cleansed (Sec. 20) 1,829
Number of filthy articles purified (Sec. 19) 211
Number of sanitary conveniences altered (Sec. 22) —
Number of sanitary conveniences removed (Sec. 22) —
Number of fixed ashpits removed (Sec. 23) 10
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 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 104
Places where Food is prepared for sale—
Number on Register 432
Number of Inspections 901
Number of Notices served 141
House to House Inspections—
Number of Inspections 4,420
Number of defects 2,209
Number of Notices served
Intimations 2,083
Statutory Notices 767
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during the year 5
Number of tenements comprised therein 15
Number of tenements for which certificates were (a) granted 15,
(b) refused —, (c) deferred — 15
Number of Prosecutions under Bye-laws under the Public Health (London) Act,
1891—
(а) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, etc. —
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out
of any manufactory, etc —
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be
injurious to health —
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses 1