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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
Willesden 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Number of representations made by Medical Officer of Health, Section 17 (Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909) | 2 |
| Number of houses made habitable without closing orders | 1 |
| Number of closing orders made by Local Authority, Section 17 (Housing, Town Planning, &c.,.Act, 1909) | 2 |
| Number of closing orders determined after repairs, Section 17 (Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909) | 0 |
| Number of houses demolished— (a) by order of Local Authority, Section 17 (Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909) | 0 |
| (b) voluntarily | 0 |
| Illegal Underground Rooms vacated | 0 |
| Houses Let in Lodgings (Tenement Houses): Number registered under Bye-laws | 0 |
| Number of contraventions | 0 |
| Common Lodging Houses: Number registered under Bye-laws | 2 |
| Number of Inspections made | 17 |
| Number of contraventions | 5 |
| Canal Boats used as Dwellings: Number of contraventions of Regulations | 3 |
| Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, &c.: N umber observed during the year | 2 |
| Number of nuisances therefrom abated | 0 |
| Number removed from district | 0 |
| Bakehouses: Number in district | 64 |
| Contraventions of Factory Acts | 18 |
| Slaughter-houses: Number on register | 9 |
| Inspections of carcases, etc. | 428 |
| Contraventions of Bye-laws | 2 |
| Cowsheds: Number on register | 3 |
| Number of inspections made | 32 |
| Contraventions of regulations | 1 |
| Number of milch cows in district | 51 |
| Dairies and Milkshops: Number on register | 127 |
| Number of inspections made | 135 |
| Frequency of inspection | yearly |
| Contraventions of regulations | 8 |
| Unsound Food: Meat (including organs) seized and surrendered | 3,881 1bs. |
| Poultry and game surrendered | 272 1bs. |
| Fish surrendered | 4,780 1bs. |
| Fruit and vegetables surrendered | 36,162 1bs. |
| Bacon surrendered | 473 1bs. |
| Flour surrendered | 70 1bs. |
| Cheese surrendered | 63 1bs. |
| Butter surrendered | 56 1bs. |
| Jam and Marmalade surrendered | 308 1bs. |
| Eggs surrendered | 1,450 |
| Method of disposal | Part sent fat extractors, part for fowl and pig feeding, part manure, rest destroyed. |
| Adulterated Food: Samples taken | 0 |
| Found adulterated | 0 |
| Offensive Trades: Number of premises in district | 1 |
| Number of inspections made | 48 |
| Contravention of Bye-laws | 4 |