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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

Hackney 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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32
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
The following is a summary of the work carried out by the Public
Health Inspectors, other than in relation to food premises:-

Table: DWELLING HOUSES:

DWELLING HOUSES:

Inspections under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936:
Complaints5,768
House to House76
Infectious Disease92
Verminous conditions180
Inspections under the Housing Acts:
Demolition Orders12
Closing Orders40
Clearance Areas56
Improvement Grants5
Certificates of Disrepair55
Revocation Certificates102
OTHER VISITS:
Aged and infirm persons632
Common lodging-houses4
Drainage (General)1,246
Drainage (Rat infestations)330
Effluvia investigations95
Factories1,198
Hairdressers' and Barbers' premises165
Noise investigations125
Offensive Trades22
Outworkers' premises883
Pet shops29
Premises discharging trade effluents59
Premises registered for the use of filling materials83
Shops other than food premises179
Smoke observations1,957
Vacant Sites and E.W.S. tanks432
Water supplies (new buildings)494
MISCELLANEOUS VISITS:
Appointments and Interviews1,123
Attendances at Court328
Builders' Notices415
Housing Applications217
Other visits180
RE-INSPECTIONS (ALL FORMS)27,951