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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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accommodation, disputes between tenants and sub-tenants, and
between members of the same family sharing homes.
A satisfactory feature of the work of the Service is the
fact that those who have used it in the past rarely fail to
come to it again when in need of information, and it is by
this 'yardstick' that the success of the Information Service
can be measured.
Analysis of Enquiries, 1954.
| Civil Defence | 3 |
| Education, Youth Service, Clubs | 413 |
| Employment and Holiday Pay | 349 |
| Family and Personal | 155 |
| General Information | 821 |
| Health and Medical | 366 |
| Holidays, Travel, etc. | 78 |
| Housing and Accommodation | 690 |
| Income Tax | 187 |
| Legislation (Miscellaneous) | 2,722 |
| Local and Civic Information | 2,840 |
| Missing Persons | 27 |
| National Assistance and Supplementary Allowances | 214 |
| Registration | 78 |
| Rates and Rents | 1,753 |
| Service Questions and War Pensions | 296 |
| Social Insurance | 537 |
| Trading Questions and Licences | 115 |
| War Damage | 10 |
| Miscellaneous | 32 |
| Total Number of Enquiries | 11,686 |
SWIMMING AND SLIPPER BATHS.
The three swimming baths in the Borough are Council Baths.
During the year the number of swims amounted to 106,602,
comprising 29,049 adults and 77,553 children.
The water is subjected to continuous chlorination and
filtration and 20 samples were taken during the year for
bacteriological analysis.
The number of slipper baths taken during the year, at the
four Council establishments, was 300,918, which included 7,569
attendances of Old Age Pensioners and unemployed persons, who
were admitted free of charge.
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