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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54
Report
required by
the L.C.C.
Premises.
No. in borough
on 31st
December, 1935.
No. of
Inspections.
No. of
Prosecutions.
Common lodging houses
17
296
—
Seamen's lodging houses
10
256
—
Cowsheds (licensed)
19
128
3
Slaughterhouses (licensed)
—
—
—
Other offensive trades
53
261
—
Milkshops
263
912
16
Restaurants and Eating houses
330
459
—
Registered Foster mothers
22
299
1
Nurse children kept
24
294
—
Smoke Nuisances.
(1) No. of observations 155 (5) No. of legal proceedings -
(2) No. of intimations served 8 (6) No. of convictions —
(3) No. of complaints received 25 (7) Amount of penalty and costs
(4) No. of Statutory notices served — imposed in each case —
Cleansing and Disinfection.
No. of adults cleansed 180 No. of premises cleansed (a) after infectious diseases 1,309
No. of children cleansed 2 cleansed (b) for vermin 1,210
(c) after Tuberculosis 123
Water Supply to Tenement Houses.
No. of premises supplied 3 No. of prosecutions —
Sanitary Officers.
No. of Sanitary inspectors (whole-time)—Male 22 Female 1
,, „ „ (part-time)—Male — Female —
No. of health visitors (whole-time) 10
(part-time) —