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Holborn 1938

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

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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Removal of Offal.
No breach of the by-laws made by the London County Council was recorded
during the year.
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 15,921 various
inspections and visits as set out in the following table. One inspection frequently
covers a number of different sanitary matters.

Table: Sanitary Inspectors' and Health Visitors' Work Year, 1938.

Sanitary Inspectors' and Health Visitors' Work Year, 1938.

Mr. BaileyMr. ClarkMr. CrabtreeMr. FisherMiss Charles-worthMiss StockwellMiss WebleyMiss William-sonTotal
Complaints received8662181............167
Do. found to be justified8351171............2.52
Inspection of Mouses—
Dwelling-houses2613081312............702
Houses let in lodgings137267281...............686
Common lodging-houses412......3.........19
Drains tested by chemical51..................6
Do. smoke11182...............31
Do. air11117...............29
Do. water7881343............196
Underground rooms527..................32
factories—
Bakehouses1......39............40
Food preparation......169............60
Other199765...............280
Laundries...........................
Workshops and Workplaces—
Food premises:
Dairies and Milkshops72...481............490
Ice Cream, Manufacture1......2............3
Do. Storage or Sale...i4660............61
Slaughter-houses1......2............3
Hotels and Restaurants9i461,000............1,055
Butchers1......265............266
Bakehouses1...166............57
Fish shops2......18............20
Fried Fish shops.........49............49
Market Streets152426202............266
Licensed Premises11......19............30
Other food Bhops5...21871............897
Merchandise .Marks Act, 192-6......• ••54............54
Other workshops1131428...............264
Other workplaces201100502............353
Outworkers' Registers26287...............61
Do. Rooms...........................
Laundries...........................
Stables and Stable yards......1..................
Rag and Bone shops...5...7............12
Offices2..................•••2
Shops (Shops Act)12122...............26
Pharmacy and Poisons.........69............69
Inspections carried forward1,1191,1166213,2594.........6,119