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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 1953
[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 1953.
Public Health (London) Act, 1936. Number of Inspections.
Dwelling Houses 369
Houses Let in Lodgings 407
Common Lodging Houses 7
Offices 56
Rag and Bone Shop 29
Smoke Observations 243
Drainage Work and Testing 3044
Other Inspections 782
Re-inspections of abov 1849
Housing Acts, 1936-1949. Number of Inspections.
Houses 1
Underground Rooms 26
Overcrowding Visits 97
Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948. Number of Inspections
Power Factories 137
Re-inspections of abov 98
Non-Power Factories 17
Re-inspections of above 28
Outworkers' Rooms 15
Electrical Stations and Sites of Building Operations ... 42
Re-inspection of above 6
l ood and Drugs Act, 1938. Number of Inspections.
Dairies and Milk Shops 66
Ice Cream sale and storage 1
Restaurants and Kitchens 1108
Bakehouses 60
Butchers' Shops 195
Fish Shops 39
Fried Fish Shops 38
Other Food Shops 621