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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 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Table 4.SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS. VISITS AND ACTION TAKEN BY DISTRICT SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

Table 4.

SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS. VISITS AND ACTION TAKEN BY DISTRICT SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

Complaints10,037
Drainage6,779
House-to-House77
Houses-Let-in-Lodgings938
Infectious Diseases and Contacts492
Common Lodging Houses110
Seamen's Lodging Houses109
Markets (Week-end)37
Offensive Trades273
Pharmacy and Poisons Acts, 1933251
Rent Restrictions'Acts373
Shops Act, 19501,283
Smoke Nuisances - Observations128
Building Licences - Surveys927
Defence Regulation 68 C.A.125
Factories Acts Mechanical2,741
Non-mechanical214
Other10
Outworkers premises448
Workplaces373
Miscellaneous Visits and Inspections7,466
Revisits11,880
Attempted Visits3,150
Total Visits and Inspections48,221
Intimation Notices Served: On County and Borough Council Housing Departments504
On Owners4,619
Statutory Notices Served1,327
Legal Proceedings Taken35