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Holborn 1952

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

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SECTION 4.

Sanitary Circumstances.

Visits made by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1952.

Public Health (London) Act, 1936.Number of Inspections.
Dwelling Houses320
Houses Let in Lodgings478
Common Lodging Houses6
Offices37
Rag and Bone Shops17
Smoke Observations202
Drainage Work and Testing3192
Other Inspections2071
Re-inspections of above2086
Housing Acts, 1936-1949.Number of Inspections.
Houses2
Underground Rooms18
Overcrowding Visits111
Factories Act, 1937.Number of Inspections
Power Factories150
Re-inspections of above123
Non-Power Factories36
Re-inspections of above43
Outworkers' Rooms17
Electrical Stations and Sites of Building Operations54
Food and Drugs Act, 1938.Number of Inspections.
Dairies and Milk Shops19
Ice Cream sale and storage7
Restaurants and Kitchens1051
Bakehouses35
Butchers' Shops174
Fish Shops45
Fried Fish Shops55
Other Food Shops526