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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
Southgate 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF AREA.
As will be seen from the Tables set out below, the number of
inspections carried out during 1933 has considerably increased, in
spite of the fact that the Senior Sanitary Inspector was absent from
duty for a period of 15 weeks. The Tables referred to have
also been amplified this year to allow of more detailed information
being given. The various matters contained therein are
reported to the Public Health Committee each month.
During 1933 a slight revision was made in the Sanitary areas of
the district, with a view to more evenly distributing the work of the
two Inspectors.
During 1933 a slight revision ws made in the Sanitary areas of the district, with a view to more evenly distributing the work of the two Inspectors.
| Inspections. | 1933. | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing inspections and re-inspections | (1932—4,211) | 3,841 |
| Slaughterhouse visits and inspections | ( .. 417) | 586 |
| Factories and workshops (including bakehouses) visits and inspections | ( „ 880) | 757 |
| Dairies, cowsheds, milkshops and other food shops, visits and inspections | ( ,, 1,411) | 1,447 |
| Various complaints, inspections and re-inspections | ( „ 1,424) | 1,355 |
| Dustbins, inspections and re-inspections | ( ,, 1,354) | 1,363 |
| Infectious Disease visits and re-visits | ( ,, 1,292) | 1,086 |
| Other inspections (Rents Acts-—Rats and Mice Destruction Act—Ditches and Ponds — Accumulations — Non-notifi-able Diseases, etc.—Drain inspections and tests—Smoke observations) | ( ,, 2,003) | 4,443 |
| Total | (1932—12,992) | 14,878 |
Service of Notices.
| Total informal sanitary notices served | (1932— 928) | 1,063 |
| Total informal dustbin notices served | ( ,, 301) | 270 |
| Total informal notices served | ( ,, 1,229) | 1,333 |
| Total informal notices complied with | ( ,, 1,053) | 1,377 |
| Total statutory notices served | ( ,, 33) | 37 |
| Total statutory notices complied with | ( ,, 23) | 47 |
| Total notices carried forward | ( ,, 203) | 159 |