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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: INSPECTIONS NECESSITATED BY WAR CONDITIONS:

INSPECTIONS NECESSITATED BY WAR CONDITIONS:

Shops: Gas Protection Survey132
Food Centres21
Hairdressers-' shops (Survey)53
Rest Centres17
Air Raid Trench Shelters1,697
8,717

Table: NOTICES.The Notices served during the year are as follows: —Under the—

NOTICES.

The Notices served during the year are as follows: —

Under the—

VerbalPreliminaryStatutory
Public Health and Housing Acts31142315
Housing Bye-laws-383
Shops Acts474—
Factory Acts128—
37047318

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SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS
CARRIED OUT.
Drainage.
Number of bouses and premises redrained 4
Repairs or amendments to existing drains 45
Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed 61
Manholes provided 8
do. repaired 19
Intercepting traps fixed 3
New gulley traps fixed 24
New soil pipes and ventilating shafts fixed 20
Soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired 27
Fresh-air inlets provided or repaired 12