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Stepney 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Wells.
Bacteriological and chemical analyses of water from the seven deep
wells in industrial use in the Borough are made periodically and the
results reported to this Department. All were reported as being
satisfactory.
Workplaces.
There are known to be 484 workplaces in the area (other than those
premises covered by the Factories Act, 1937).
Work Executed bv Council in Default of Owners .
Work was carried out by the Council at the following premises in
default of the owners, from whom the stated costs incurred are recoverable:
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18/20, Frimley Street. Defective drain. (Sec.40, Public Health (London)
Act, 1936) £154.15.10d
93, Eric Street. Do. do. £41. 7.10d
12, Hunton Street. Stopped drain. (Sec.25, London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1955) £8.16. Id
Statistics.
Summaries of inspections and visits made by the District Public
Health Inspectors and of insanitary conditions remedied are given on
pages 64, 65 and 66.
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