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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 7 (Contd.)
Rent Act. 1957: Certificates of Disrepair
| 1.- Applications for Disrepair Certificates | 8 |
| Notices of proposal to issue Certificates | 7 |
| Undertakings accepted | 2 |
| " refused | - |
| Certificates issued | 4 |
| 2,- Applications for cancellation of Disrepair Certificates | 3 |
| Cancellations issued | 3 |
| " refused | - |
| 3.- Applications for Certificates as to Tcnant | Landlord |
| remedying of defects 1 | 10 |
| Certificates issued - all defects remedied - | 5 |
| " " , - some defects remedied 1 | 4 |
| Complaints | |
| Number received at Office | 3,295 |
| Dangerous Structures | |
| Number of premises notified to District Surveyor | 73 |
| Drains | |
| Number tested with smoke | 783 |
| " found defective | 71 |
| " plans on which observations submitted | 188 |
| Land Charges | |
| Number of premises reported upon | 2,437 |
| Public Houses | |
| Number of premises reported upon to Licensing Justices | 44 |
| Wastage of Water | |
| Number of premises notified to Metropolitan Water Board | 21 |
| Table 8 SUMMARY OF WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR (OFFICES & SHOPS) (September-December) | |
| Visits to Offices | 451 |
| „ „ Shops | 669 |
| „ „ Factories (Mechanical) | 311 |
| " " (Non-mechanical) | 21 |
| Referrals to H.M. Inspector of Factories | 10 |
| Notices served under Shops Act, 1950 | 90 |
| " " " Factories Act, 1961 | 22 |
| Informal notification under offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 | 296 |