London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hornsey 1942

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Continued from previous page...

Continued from previous page...

Factories and outworkers95
Conveniences1
Passages2
Young Persons Act2
Piggeries39
Petroleum Stores46
Smoke observations—
Surveys (P.N.)8
Re-Surveys (P.N.)4
Memo. B.E. & S.14
INSPECTIONS NECESSITATED BY WAR CONDITIONS.
First Aid Posts8
Survey of Unoccupied Houses1,942
A.R.P. Depôts45
Rest Centres4
Air Raid Trench Shelters1,005
Fuel and Lighting Order118
9,460

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

NOTICES.

The Notices served during the year are as follows:—

Under the—VerbalPreliminaryStatutory
Public Health and Housing Acts28346218
Housing Bye-laws—31
Shops Acts2—-
Factory Acts1——
28646519

Table: SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT.DRAINAGE.

SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT.

DRAINAGE.

Number of houses and premises redrained4
Repairs or amendments to existing drains42
Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed45
Manholes provided4
do. repaired17
Intercepting traps fixed2
New gulley traps fixed25
New soil pipes and ventilating shafts fixed21
Soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired30
Fresh-air inlets provided or repaired4
WATER-CLOSETS AND SANITARY FITTINGS.
New water-closet buildings5
New water-closet basins fixed87
Water-closets unstopped, cleansed or repaired49
New check cisterns fitted to water-closets; existing check cisterns repaired31
New sinks provided20
New lavatory basins provided27
New waste-pipes fixed43
Waste-pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped82
Waste-pipes diverted into proper drain—
Baths provided or made usable14
Urinals cleansed1