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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
Holborn 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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TABLE IV.INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE LONDON CONTY COUNCIL
| PREMISES. | Number in Borough at 31st December, 1937. | Number of Inspections. | Number of Prosecutions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Lodging houses | 8 | 16 | Nil |
| Seamen's Lodging houses | Nil | - | — |
| Cowsheds (licensed) | Nil | — | — |
| Slaughter-houses (licensed) | 1 | 3 | Nil |
| Other offensive trades | Nil | - | - |
| Milkshops | 159 | 336 | Nil |
| Ice cream premises | 70 | 74 | Nil |
| Restaurants and eating houses | 521 | 1,072 | Nil |
| Registered foster mothers | Nil | 31 in connection with Child Life Protection | - |
| Nurse children kept | Nil | - |
| (1) Number of observations | 215 | (5) Number of legal proceedings | — | |
| (2) Number of intimations served | 1 | (6) Number of convictions | — | |
| (3) Number of complaints received | 9 | (7) Amount of penalty and costs imposed in each case | — | |
| (4) Number of statutory notices served | _ | |||
| Cleansing and Disinfection. | ||||
| Number of adults cleansed | 102 | Number of premises cleansed— | ||
| Number of children | — | (a) After infectious diseases | 434 | |
| (b)or vermin | 140 | |||
| Water Supply of Tenement Houses. | ||||
| Number of premises supplied | — | Number of prosecutions | — | |
| Sanitary Officers. | ||||
| Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) | Male 4 Female | — | ||
| „ „ „ „ (part-time) | Male — Female | 1 | ||
| Number of Health Visitors (whole-time) | 2 | |||
| „ „ „ „ (part-time) | 1 | |||
| Housing. | ||||
| 1. Total number of houses in the Borough | 6,462 | (b) Number of houses de-molished following represen- tation by Borough Medical Officer under Sec. 25 of H.A., 1936 | Nil | |
| (Census 1931) | ||||
| Public Health Act. | ||||
| 2. Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | 224 | 7. | Number of houses repaired under Sections 9 and 10 of H.A., 1936:- | |
| 3. Number of statutory notices served | 46 | (a) By owners | Nil | |
| 4. Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied | 191 | (b) By L.A. in default of owners | Nil | |
| 8. | Number of houses demolished : | |||
| Housing Act, 1936. | (a) In pursuance of orders under Section 11 of the Housing Act, 1936 | 5 | ||
| 5. Number of houses inspected— house to house (Housing Consolidated Regs., 1925) | 135 | |||
| (b) Voluntarily | — | |||
| 6. (a) Number of houses included in representations by the Borough Medical Officer under Sec. 25 of H.A., 1936 | - | 9. | Number of houses (wholly or in part) the subject of Closing Orders (excluding under-ground rooms) | 9 |
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