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Holborn 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Sanitary Inspection of the District, including Premises and Occupations which can be
controlled by By-Laws and Regulations.
In addition to my inspections, the Sanitary Inspectors made 19,037 various
inspections and visits as set out in the following table. One inspection frequently
covers a number of different sanitary matters.

Sanitary Inspectors' and Health Visitors' Work Year, 1932.

Mr. BennettMr. ClarkMr. Larard*Mr. Wood.Miss Charles-worthMiss StockwellTotal
Complaints received3254467......139
Do. found to be justified3254467......139
Inspection of Houses—
Dwelling-houses762527916......423
Houses let in lodgings3093651401532...861
Common lodging-houses874.........19
Drains tested by chemicals...1............1
Drains tested by smoke23.........5
Re underground rooms89............17
Factohies—
Bakehouses14167.........37
Food preparation (other than above)1...81.........82
Other817227012...426
Workshops and workplaces—
Food premises:
Dairies and Milkshops49133605......247
Ice Cream, Manufacture5769.........71
Do. Storage or Sale286.........16
Slaughter-houses...2............2
Hotels and Restaurants139932416......479
Butchers282243191......626
Bakehouses6108.........24
Fish shops101872......37
Fried Fish shops1832224.........229
Market Streets283586359......985
Licensed Premises...32.........5
Other food shops33226615569......822
Other workshops130132248313...526
Other workplaces4190586......195
Outworkers' Registers264747.........120
Stables and Stable yards3774............111
Rag and Bone shops145............1???
Outworkers' rooms†.....................
Offices7317.......27
Miscellaneous—
Black smoke755480.........209
Dust, Special Inspections224.........8
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act7520489.........3???8
Public Lavatories and Urinals; Men......1.........1
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, sampling .194196198.........588
Demolition of Buildings4484......20
Other Inspections...12...41118
Keeping of Animals253.........10
Periodical Inspections:Includes W.C. and yards, dust-bins. especially houses let in lodgings, and other suitable buildings1,3122,1492,30214......5,767
Inspections carried forward3,7074,3345,157141511113,401

† All outworkers' rooms in houses let in lodgings (these comprise the larger majority), have
been inspected but the visits have been counted under inspections of houses let in lodgings.
* Temporary Inspector, 13th June to 16th July, during illness of permanent officer.
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