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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

Wood Green 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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Table: SANITARY WORK, 1920.

SANITARY WORK, 1920.

Inspections—
Number of Premises Inspected on Complaint258
Numberof Premises Inspected in Connection with Infectious Diseases378
Number of Premises under Periodical Inspection405
H mses Inspected from IIouse-to-Housa (H T. P., etc., Act, Sect. 17)418
Total Numberof Inspections and Re inspections made4841
Action Taken (Other than under H.T.P., etc., Act)—
Cautionary or Intimation Notices Given640
Statutory Orders Issued307
Summonses Served—
Convictions Obtained—
Bakehouses—
Number in District20
Slaughterhouses—
Number on Register4
Number of Inspections made39
Cowsheds—
Number on Register (not in use)1
Dairies and Milkshops—
Number on Register ...29
Number of Inspections made81
Unsound Food—
Meat (including organs) seized and surrendered. (Approximate weight in pounds)200
Fish seized and surrendered. (Approximate weight in pounds)180
Fruit and Vegetables seized and surrendered. (Approximate weight in pounds) ...70
Other Articles seized and surrendered. (Approximate weight in pounds)250
Method of Disposal : Burnt in Destructor.