London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Sanitary Circumstances.
| Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | Number of Inspections |
| Dwelling Houses | 472 |
| Houses Let in Lodgings | 190 |
| Common Lodging Houses | 2 |
| Offices | 90 |
| Rag and Bone Shops | 22 |
| Smoke Observations | 358 |
| Drainage Work and Testing | 3,470 |
| Other Inspections | 1,594 |
| Re-inspections of above | 1,069 |
| Housing Acts, 1936-1954 | Number of Inspections |
| Houses | 36 |
| Underground Rooms | 26 |
| Overcrowding Visits | 46 |
| Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948 | Number of Inspections |
| Power Factories | 46 |
| Re-inspections of above | 49 |
| Non-Power Factories | 2 |
| Re-inspections of above | 3 |
| Outworkers' Rooms | 5 |
| Electrical Stations and Sites of Building Operations | 164 |
| Outworkers' Registers | 1 |
| Food and Drugs Act, 1955 | Number of Inspections |
| Dairies and Milk Shops | 44 |
| Ice Cream sale and storage | 3 |
| Restaurants and Kitchens | 1,122 |
| Bakehouses | 45 |
| Butchers' Shops | 95 |
| Fish Shops | 10 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 12 |
| Other Food Shops | 384 |