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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
Stepney 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table showing the number of milk premises, slaughter houses, ice-cream premises, etc., together with the number of inspections made to them.
| PREMISES | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections, 1915. | Number of notices, 1915. | Number of prosecutions. 1916. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. on register at end of 1914. | No. added in 1916. | No. removed in 1915. | No. on register at end of 1915. | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | |
| Milk premises | 589 | 32 | 1953 | ... | |||
| Cowsheds | 31 | 30 | 63 | 5 | ... | ||
| Slaughter-houses | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ||
| Other offensive trade premises | 7 | ... | ... | 7 | 27 | ... | |
| Ice cream premises | 228 | 9 | 193 | 402 | 50 | ||
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 2546 | ... | 2547 | 3870 | (a) 137 | ||
| (b) 1460 | |||||||
(a) For overcrowding. (6) For other conditions.
Total number of Intimations served for all purposes 12,381
| Number of Inspections | 15,201 | |
| Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded | 322 | |
| Number of Notices served | Intimations | 322 |
| Statutory Notices | 110 | |
| Number remedied | 322 | |
| Number of Prosecutions | — | |
Underground, rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during the year 27
Number of rooms closed 19
Insanitary Houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 —
Number closed under the Housing and Town Planning Act 23
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 —