Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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St. Matthew. Bethnal Green.
RETURN AS TO PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS ACTS, 1868-1882.
YEAR.
Number of Dwellinghouses
reported in
each year by the
Medical Officer of
Health as dangerous
to health, so as to be
unfit for human habitation,
in accordance
with the provisions of
the Artizans' Dwellings
Acts, 1868-1882.
Number of Dwelling-houses so reported, for which
orders for repair or demolition were made by the Local
Authority.
Number of such
Dwelling - houses for
which the orders of
the Local Authority
for repair or demolition
were carried out.
Number of Dwelling-houses
concerning which a Memorial
has been addressed
to the Secretary of State or
Local Government Board,
in accordance with the
Provisions of the Artizans
and Labourers' Dwellings
Act of 1868, to the effect
that the Local Authority
has declined or neglected
to put the Act in force.
DEALT WITH THUS :
1883
230
Demolished.
Closed.
Converted into
Workshops.
1884
—
69.
19.
11.
1885
—
The remaining 131 were dealt with under the
Sanitary Acts, and the required repairs
carried out.
NONE.
1886
—
1887
15
15
15
1888
52
28
17 repaired or demolished.
11 closed.
24 in hand.
Date, May 16th, 1889,
Robert Voss, Vestry Clerk.