London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Holborn 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Insulin.
Up to the 4th July, 1948, this was supplied free of charge, in accordance
with Ministry of Health Circular 2734, in two cases at a cost to the Council
of £10 18s. 3d.

Table: SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE BOROUGH.

SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE BOROUGH.

The work of sanitary inspection was carried on under conditions complicated by restrictions on building work and building materials. Many applications for building licences were referred during the year for an opinion as to the necessity or urgency of the work required to be executed. Following is a summary of work carried out by Sanitary Inspectors during the year:—
Complaints of nuisances received771
Public Health (London) Act, 1936. Number of Inspections.
Dwelling Houses588
Houses let in lodgings351
Common Lodging Houses3
Offices98
Rag and Bone Shops14
Smoke observations74
Drainage work and testing2,702
Other inspections1,428
Re-inspections of above3,252
Housing Act, 1936. Number of Inspections.
Houses9
Underground rooms35
Overcrowding visits162
Re-inspections of above2
Factories Act, 1937. Number of Inspections.
Factories with mechanical power134
Factories without mechanical power42
Other inspections7
Re-inspections of above232
Food and Drugs Act, 1938. Number of Inspections.
Dairies and milk shops79
Ice cream premises70
Restaurants and kitchens1,122
Bakehouses74
Butchers' shops193
Fish shops47
Fried fish shops61
Other food shops519
Market streets140
Licensed premises87
Re-inspections of above992
Miscellaneous Inspections.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act11
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919340
Shops Act27
Re-inspections of above39