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 Stepney]
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Total number of Intimations served for all purposes 10,837
Overcrowding—
Number of Inspections 12,009
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 93
Number of Notices served (Intimations) 91
„ „ „ (Statutory Notices) 36
Number remedied 93
Number of Prosecutions —
Underground Rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during the year 5
Number of rooms closed or use discontinued 5
Insanitary Houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 10
Number closed under the Housing and Town Planning Act —
London County Council [General Powers) Act, 1903, Part 8—
Number of prosecutions for breach of bye-laws as to conveyance of dead
horses through the street —
London County Council [General Powers) Act, 1904—
Number of verminous rooms cleansed (Section 20) 1,979
Number of filthy articles purified (Section 19) 6
N umber of sanitary conveniences altered (Section 22) —
Number of sanitary conveniences removed (Section 22) —
Number of fixed ashpits removed (Section 23) 2
London County Council [General Powers) Act, 1907—
Number of tenement houses dealt with as regards water supply (Section 73) —
Shelters provided under Section 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) 4et, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 67
Places were food is prepared for sale—
Number on Register 412
Number of Inspections 907
Number of Notices served (Intimations) 91
„ „ „ (Statutory Notices) 13
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during the year —
Number of tenements comprised therein —
Number of tenements for which certificates were granted —