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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough.
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| PREMISES. | Number in Borough at 31st December, 1938. | Number of Inspections. | Number of Prosecutions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Lodging houses | 3 | 19 | Nil |
| Seamen's Lodging houses | Nil | — | — |
| Cowsheds (licensed) | Nil | — | — |
| Slaughter-houses (licensed) | 1 | 3 | Nil |
| Other offensive trades | Nil | — | — |
| Milkshops | 163 | Nil | |
| Ice cream premises | 84 | 64 | Nil |
| Restaurants and eating houses | 553 | 1,055 | Nil |
| Registered foster mothers | Nil | 52 in connection with Child Life Protection | — |
| Nurse children kept | Nil |
| (1) Number of observations | 189 | (5) Number of legal proceedings | — | |||
| (2) Number of intimations served | _ | (6) Number of convictions | — | |||
| (3) Number of complaints received | 12 | (7) Amount of penalty and costs imposed in each case | — | |||
| (4) Number of statutory notices served | — | |||||
| Number of adults cleansed | ll4 | Number of premises cleansed— | ||||
| Number of children | 3 | (a) After infectious diseases | 473 | |||
| (b) For vermin | 88 | |||||
| Number of premises supplied | — | Number of prosecutions | — | |||
| Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) „ „ „ „ (part-time) Number of Health Visitors (whole-time) | 2 | Male | 4 | Female | _ | |
| Male | — | Female | 1 | |||
| „ „ „ „ (part-time) | 1 | |||||
Housing.
| 1. Total number of houses in the Borough (Census 1931) | 6,462 : | (b) Number of houses demolished following representation by Borough Medical Officer under Sec. 25 of H.A., 1936 | Nil |
| 2. Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | 687 | 7. Number of houses repaired under Sections 9 and 10 of H.A., 1936:- | |
| 3. Number of statutory notices served | 44 | (a) By owners | Nil |
| 4. Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied | 139 | (b) By L.A. in default of owners | Nil |
| 8. Number of houses demolished : | |||
| (a) In pursuance of orders under Section 11 of the Housing Act, 1936 | 18 | ||
| 5. Number of houses inspected— house to house (Housing Consolidated Regs., 1925) | 124 | ||
| (b) Voluntarily | — | ||
| 6. (a) Number of houses included in representations by the Borough Medical Officer under Sec. 25 of H.A., 1936 | 13 | 9 Number of houses (wholly or in part) the subject of Closing Orders (excluding underground rooms) | 7 |