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Stepney 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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On 1st August, A. J. Benabo was summoned for failing to supply a
sanitary dust receptacle at II, Solander Street.
He was fined '20s., with £'2 2s. costs.
On 17th September, K. Eowles was summoned for failing to provide a
proper dust receptacle at 63, Plumbers Row.
She was fined £1, with £2 2s. costs.
On 24th November, Mackeonis & Adams were summoned for carrying on
the business of a fur skin dresser at 54 & 56, Old Church Road, without the
sanction of the London County Council.
They were fined £15, with 1'5 costs.
On 23rd December, H. Goldblum was summoned for failing to provide a
sanitary dust rcceptaclc at 105, Maroon Street.
He was fined Is., with jL'I 3s. costs.
Housing: Conditions Statistics, 1924.
Ministry of Health Table.
1.—General.
(1) Estimated population 254,340
(2) General death-rate 2.1 per 1,000
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis 1.23 per 1,000
(4) Infantile mortality 74 per 1,000
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 31,750
(0) Number of working-class dwelling-houses 31,750
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected 11
2.—Unfit Dwelling Houses.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 23,577
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910 6,040
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 1
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to
under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all
respects reasonably fit for human habitation 11
II.—Remedy of Defects without service of formal notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers 720
III.—Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town Planning,
&c., Act, 1919.