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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Obstructive Buildings.
No. of representations under No. of buildings demolished —
Section 38 of the Housing
Act, 1890 —
No. of representations still
under consideration —
No. of Orders for repairs No. of houses repaired by
issued under Section 28 of Local Authorities 3
the Housing Act, 1919 - 8 No. of houses closed on notice
by owner that they could
not be made fit —
Total number of houses in the No. of houses occupied by the
borough31,692 working-classes - 31,692
No. of houses for the workingclasses
:—
(a) erected during year - 51
(b) in course of erection 136 flats
Underground Rooms.
No. illegally occupied - 17 No. closed or illegal occupation
discontinued 15
Overcrowding.
No. of rooms overcrowded - 86 No. remedied 85
Prosecutions 1
Cleansing.
No. of adults cleansed 519 No. of rooms or premises
No. of children cleansed 1,067 cleansed (verminous) - 1,460
Water Supply to Tenement Houses.
Premises supplied 3 Prosecutions —
Sale of Food.
No. of premises used other No. of inspections- - 1,407
than ice cream premises,
milk shops and cowsheds - 434
Disinfection Shelter.
Persons accommodated - - 37
Ophthalmia Neonatorum Regulations.
No. of notifications received during the year
- from certified midwives - 2