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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 1941

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

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Table: SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.(Section C.)SANITARY INSPECTION.The following statement of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors has been prepared by Mr. Henry Eastwood, Chief Sanitary Inspector:—

SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.

(Section C.)

SANITARY INSPECTION.

The following statement of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors has been prepared by Mr. Henry Eastwood, Chief Sanitary Inspector:—

Complaints808
Re-inspections2,862
Information from builder107
Special Inspections336
Drainage118
Water tests applied (new drains)18
Smoke and Chemical tests (old drains)10
Verminous houses82
Pests46
Overcrowding surveys10
Offices (Workplaces)6
Families rehoused6
Notifiable Infectious Diseases662
Scabies70
Small-pox Contacts—
Sunday Trading Inspections626
Shops Acts.265
Butchers' shops08
Slaughter-houses6
Dairies and Milkshops17
Grocers' shops118
Bakehouses25
Fish shops15
Restaurant kitchens33
Greengrocers' shops34
Other food shops51
Food Inspections73
Factories and outworkers100
Conveniences2
Young Persons Act16
Piggeries6
Petroleum stores55
Smoke observations1
Surveys (P.N.)7
Re-Surveys (P.N.)9