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Southgate 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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SANITARY SERVICES
| Summary of Visits, 1955. | |
| Inspections re complaints received | 1,143 |
| Visits in connection therewith | 4,629 |
| Visits to Food Premises (including butchers, bakehouses, cafes, restaurants, grocers and fish shops) | 1,785 |
| Inspections re Shops Act, 1950 | 654 |
| Inspections re Factories | 258 |
| Visits re housing conditions and overcrowding (applications for housing accommodation) | 67 |
| Visits re Infectious Diseases | 591 |
| Visits re Places of Public Entertainment | 40 |
| Visits re Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 | 1,465 |
| Visits re Smoke Observations | 62 |
| Miscellaneous Visits | 3,340 |
| 14,034 | |
| Service of Notices. | |
| Total Informal Notices served | 534 |
| Total Informal Dustbin Notices served | 255 |
| Total Informal Notices served | 789 |
| Total Informal Notices complied with | 697 |
| Total Statutory Notices served | 81 |
| Total Statutory Notices complied with | 79 |
Repairs to Houses.
Considerable work has been carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors
during the year in connection with repairs to houses. As
a result of their efforts, repairs were carried out to 507 houses. Of
these, the repairs to 115 were of a major character. At the remaining
392 houses, the repairs were not of such an extensive nature but
were necessary to abate specific nuisances.
It is, I think, worthy of note that the lepairs referred to were
carried out mainly as a result of informal action on the part of the
Inspectors. Reference to the summary concerning the service of
notices will show that in only 81 instances was it found necessary to
follow up informal notices by the service of Statutory Notices.
Owing to non-compliance with one of the Statutory Notices
above referred to, legal proceedings were instituted against the
owner. A Nuisance Order was made by the Court, and the works
required were subsequently carried out.
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