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Hornsey 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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where an, infringement has occurred the attention of the shopkeeper
has been called to the matter and an undertaking obtained
that the contravention will not recur, in all cases with satisfactory
results. Close attention is paid to the provisions of the Shops
Act, 1912, and to the closing of shops for the weekly half-holiday.
Apart from neglect to display the prescribed forms in a few
instances, all of which have received attention on notice being
given to the shopkeeper, the Act has generally been well observed.
Six hundred and forty-three inspections were made under the
Shops Acts.
Cinemas.—Cinemas and places of public entertainment have
been visited on 37 occasions, attention being directed to the
sanitary conveniences and the general cleanliness of the premises.
It is pleasing to report that in no instance have the conditions
been found other than satisfactory.
The businesses carried on at the respective premises arc as follows: —
| Bakehouses | 30 |
| Dressmakers and milliners | 80 |
| Bootmakers and boot repairers | 55 |
| Tailors | 31 |
| Laundries | 13 |
| Motor and cycle engineers | 46 |
| Restaurant kitchens and manufacture of cooked meats | 35 |
| Upholstery | 15 |
| Builders | 12 |
| Other Trades | 168 |
| 485 |
HOUSING.
The following table continues the comparison, instituted for
the first time in the report for 1926, between two small adjoining
areas. One comprises the streets east of Nightingale Lane, and
the other Nightingale Lane and the streets immediately to the
west: —