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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
Hornsey 1947
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending 31st December, 1947
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(c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing
Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made 1
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance
of Demolition Orders 1
(d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
made –
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the tenement or room having been
rendered fit –
4.—Overcrowding:—
Ten new cases of overcrowding have been reported during the year,
involving fourteen families and fifty-two persons. Fourteen inspections
were also made at the request of other Local Authorities in connection
with re-housing.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
| lbs. | ozs. | lbs. | ozs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinned Vegetables | 740 | 3 | Margarine | 65 | 8 |
| Tinned Fruit | 285 | 12 | Tea | — | 8 |
| Tinned Meat | 1,798 | 8 | Sugar | 1 | 8 |
| Tinned Fish | 220 | 10 | Flour | 126 | 8 |
| Tinned Milk | 998 | 8 | Cereals | 140 | 4 |
| Tinned Soup | 66 | 0 | Dried Vegetables | 487 | 3 |
| Tinned Marmalade | 68 | 8 | Dried Fruit | 351 | 4 |
| Tinned Jam | 266 | 12 | Bottled Fruit | 1 | 9 |
| Meat | 765 | 8 | Mincemeat | 1 | 0 |
| Fish | 6,692 | 6 | Golden Syrup | 2 | 0 |
| Poultry | 56 | 0 | Biscuits | 14 | 0 |
| Bacon | 47 | 0 | Pickles | 33 | 12 |
| Rabbits | 115 | 0 | Fruit | 322 | 8 |
| Cheese | 30 | 12 | Sweets | 77 | 9 |
| Butter | 6 | 4 | Eggs | 304 | |
TOTAL Food Condemned—13,882 lbs. 12 ozs. and 304 eggs.
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