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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 1950

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

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Table: SECTION 4.Sanitary Circumstances. Visits made by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1950. Public Health (London) Act, 1930. Number of Inspections.

SECTION 4.Sanitary Circumstances. Visits made by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1950. Public Health (London) Act, 1930. Number of Inspections.

Dwelling Houses307
Houses Let in Lodgings287
Common Lodging Houses6
Offices64
Rag and Bone Shops7
Smoke Observations143
Drainage Work and Testing3,239
Other Inspections1,976
Re-inspections of above2,211
Housing Acts, 1036-1949. Number of Inspections.
Houses9
Underground Rooms31
Overcrowding Visits184
Re-inspections of above5
Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948. Number of Inspections.
Factories with mechanical power142
Factories without mechanical power15
Outworkers' Rooms16
Re-inspection of above145
Electrical Stations and Sites of Building Operations57
Food and Drugs Acts, 1938-1950. Number of Inspections.
Dairies and Milk Shops63
Ice Cream sale and storage39
Ice Cream manufacture49
Restaurants and Kitchens1,237
Bakehouses44
Butchers' Shops206
Fish Shops62
Fried Fish Shops44
Other Food Shops473