Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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Rent Act- | |
Dwellings—inspected | 20 |
Dwellings—re-inspected | 5 |
Other Visits | 18 |
Power factories—inspected | 862 |
Power factories—re-inspected | 214 |
Non-power factories—inspected | 19 |
Non-power factories—re-inspected | 3 |
Outworkers' rooms inspected | 130 |
Other visits—building sites | 16 |
Basement bakehouses, etc. | |
Premises—inspected | 4,860 |
Premises—re-inspected | 3,067 |
Visits re unsound food | 217 |
Visits re contaminated food | 100 |
Formal and informal sampling | 466 |
Visits re labelling of food | 44 |
Visits re Merchandise Marks Act | 29 |
Boiler plant inspected | 30 |
Premises inspected in SCAs. | 21 |
Other visits in SCAs. | 46 |
Visits re nuisance from smoke, etc. | 576 |
Smoke observations | 147 |
General inspection—office | 310 |
General inspection—retail shop | 368 |
General inspection—wholesale/warehouse | 80 |
General inspection—catering establishment | 38 |
General inspection—fuel storage depot | 3 |
Re-inspections | 128 |
Other Visits | 52 |
Cases investigated | 289 |
Contacts followed up | 440 |
Food poisoning enquiries | 101 |
Other visits | 211 |
Aged persons | 5 |
Attendance at Court or Inquiries | 106 |
Drainage inspections | 1,283 |
Massage, etc. establishments inspected | 67 |
Noise nuisance investigations | 1,019 |
Places of entertainment inspected | 89 |
Rag, flock, etc. premises inspected | 8 |
Unsuccessful visits | 3,383 |
All other visits | 1,660 |
Food Hawkers | 376 |
Table 16 Overcrowding
(a)' | Dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 1,271 |
(b) | Overcrowding relieved during the year | 198 |
(c) | Dwelling houses which have again become overcrowded after the local authoriy have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding | Not known |
(d) | (i) Council houses found to be overcrowded at end of year | 45 |
(ii) Families transferred to alleviate overcrowding | 25 | |
(iii) Persons transferred to alleviate overcrowding | 132 | |
(e) | Section 80, Housing Act, 1957—licences issued | 2 |