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 Holborn Borough]
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FACTORIES ACT, 1937. NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS.
Factories with mechanical power 131
Factories without mechanical power 84
Other inspections 22
Re-inspections of above 11
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938. NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS.
Dairies and milk shops 56
Ice cream premises 91
Restaurants and kitchens 846
Bakehouses 45
Butchers' shops 130
Fish shops 30
Fried fish shops 39
Other food shops 512
Market streets 146
Licensed premises 108
Re-inspections of above 975
MISCELLANEOUS INSPECTIONS.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act11
Rats and Mice Act, 1919 515
Shops Act 39
Other inspections5
Re-inspections of above 54
Merchandise Marks Act 3
VISITS, Etc.,
Infectious Disease 213
Scabies 25
Aged and infirm persons 6
Police Courts 7
Various 1,963
Verminous persons 1
Total 14,582
NOTICES SERVED.
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936.
Intimation Notices.
Dwelling Houses 179
Houses let in lodgings 192
Offices 15
Food premises 14
Shops 4
Bombed sites 3
Statutory Notices 86
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
Power Factories 23
Non-power Factories 11
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
Food Premises 92
SHOPS ACT, 1934 1
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919
In addition to the above, the Medical Officer of Health was asked to give
observations upon 133 premises where applications had been received for building
licences during the year. 77 orange forms in respect of families overcrowded
in the Borough were submitted to the London County Council for rehousing,