[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough].

  • Bethnal Green (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1932]
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    100 GENERAL SANITARY ADMINISTRATION. The gradual emergence of new branches of Public Health activity does not in any way lessen the vital importance of the original task—to provide a sanitary environment for the people. This work is specially difficult in a congested borough like Bethnal Green, where the greater part of the housing is seriously below modern standards, badly designed, dark, lacking in proper lighting and ventilation, and much of it worn out In structure. To deal with this situation by way of Notices to remedy particular sanitary defects is nothing more than continually giving first aid to a patient who has long needed the surgeon's knife. Unfortunately owing to illness among the staff, the figures for 1931 show some falling off compared with previous years. SANITARY SUPERVISION OF THE BOROUGH. A Summary of Inspections and Visits, with Matters Outstanding for the 53 weeks ended 2nd January, 1932. Nature of Visit Totals Infectious Diseases (notifiable) 1403 Infectious Diseases (non-notifiable) 733 Complaints 4814 House to House Inspections 1108 Milkshops (621) and Cowsheds (39) Inspections 660 Other Food Premises Inspections (Meat 18, Poultry 99, Others 1324) 1441 Factory (645) and Workshop (1988) Inspections 2633 Outworkers' Homes Inspections 1151 Tenement House Inspections 418 New Buildings Inspections 117 Drainage Inspections 3029 Smoke Nuisances—Premises under observation 22 Other Inspections or Special Work 6044 Re-Inspections 23266 Total Visits for the Year 46839 Unsound Food Seizures (2) or Surrenders (26) 28 Samples of Food, etc., taken 752 Samples of Rag Flock taken 20 Police Court Attendances 88 Premises where Nuisances abated 6803 Premises where Matters Outstanding 519