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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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granted during the year.
There are now six such pranises in the Borough, providing accommodation for 499 seamen, as follows:-
| The Sailors' Home & Red Ehsign Club, Ehsign Street and Dock St. | 235 seamen. |
| The Empire Memorial Hostel, 747, Commercial Road. | 190 " |
| 5, North East Passage. | 11 " |
| 220, Cable Street. | 30 " |
| 11, Ehsign Street. | 11 " |
| 9, Ensign Street. | 22 " |
Thirty-eight inspections were made during the year,
including 22 inspections carried out at night.
Noise Nuisance.
Fifteen complaints received during the year of alleged
noise nuisance were investigated, the necessary action being
taken in those cases where nuisances-were found to exist.
Notices Served.
Informal notices served under the various Acts during the year were as follows:-
| Public Health (London) Act, 1936. | |
| Nuisance Notices | 4467 |
| Section 40 | 20 |
| " 109 | 2 |
| " 105 | 2 |
| " 95 | 1 |
| Factories Acts. 1937 & 1948 | 98 |
| Shops Act, 1950 | 8 |
| Byelaws for Houses in Separate Tenements London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1937 (Noise Nuisance) | 1 1 |
| London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1954 (Dustbins) | 7 |
| London County Council Seamen's Lodging House Byelaws | 1 |
| 4608 |
Formal statutory notices served during the year amounted
to 1,227.
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