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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| Verminous houses | 12 |
| Scabies | 0 |
| Shops Act | 919 |
| Factories, workshops and outworkers | 1,161 |
| Rent Restriction Act | 4 |
| Cinemas, &c. | 22 |
| Overcrowding | 242 |
| Petroleum stores | 384 |
| Rag Flock Act | 4 |
| Dairies and milkshops | 124 |
| Bakehouses | 50 |
| Slaughter-houses | 141 |
| Butchers' shops | 87 |
| Restaurant kitchens | 37 |
| Other food shops | 188 |
| Annual licences | 36 |
| Stables | 51 |
| Urinals | 16 |
| Smoke observations | 30 |
| Refuse tips | 58 |
| Fee tests | 11 |
| Water tests applied (new drains) | 34 |
| Smoke and chemical tests applied (old drains) | 55 |
| Drains examined under Sec. 41, Public Health Act, 1875 .. | 15 |
| Small-Pox Contacts.—Visits | 578 |
| 15,787 |
SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT.
Drainage.
| Number of houses and premises redrained | 25 |
| Repairs or amendments to existing drains | 220 |
| Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed | 238 |
| Manholes provided | 45 |
| do. repaired | 51 |
| Intercepting traps fixed | 14 |
| New gully traps fixed | 127 |
| New soil pipes and ventilating shafts fixed | 67 |
| Soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired | 47 |
| Fresh-air inlets provided or repaired | 66 |