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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 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: Contiued from previous page...

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Visits to Food shops861
Visits to Stables385
Visits to Urinals58
Visits to Cinemas36
Smoke inspections13
Visits re Infectious Disease notified235
,, other Infectious Disease24
,, Vermin12
,, Tuberculosis, etc.1,054
,, Deaths157
Total number of inspections and re-inspections15,334

Table: Notices Served.

Notices Served.

Informal Notices served (general)1,311
do. do. do. (Increase of Rents Acts)9
Statutory Notices served :—
Under sec. 41, Public Health Act, 1875, to examine drains 10
Under sec. 41, Public Health Act, 1875, to relay drains10
Under sec. 91, Public Health Act, 1875, to abate nuisances114

Table: Summary of Sanitary Improvements Carried Out.

Summary of Sanitary Improvements Carried Out.

Drainage.—
Number of houses and premises re-drained15
Repairs or amendments to existing drains93
Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed82
Manholes provided26
Manholes altered and repaired17
Intercepting traps fixed16
New gully traps fixed76
New soil-pipes and ventilating shafts fixed29
Soil-pipes and ventilating shafts repaired34
Water tests applied50
Smoke tests applied127
Drains examined, Public Health Act, 1875 (Section 41)10
Water-closets and Sanitary Fittings.—
New water-closet basins fixed66
Water-closets unstopped, cleansed or repaired102
New check cisterns fitted to water-closets18