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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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SECTION 4.
Sanitary Circumstances. Visits made by the Public Health Inspectors during 1959.
| Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | Number of Inspections |
|---|---|
| Dwelling Houses | 269 |
| Houses Let in Lodgings | 44 |
| Common Lodging Houses | 2 |
| Offices | 19 |
| Rag and Bone Shops | 21 |
| Drainage Work and Testing | 3,688 |
| Noise Nuisance Visits | 30 |
| Other Inspections | 672 |
| Re-inspections of above | 730 |
| Housing Acts, 1957 and 1959 | Number of Inspections |
| Houses | 26 |
| Underground Rooms | 23 |
| Overcrowding Visits | 15 |
| Re-inspections of above | 11 |
| Factories Acts, 1937—1959 | Number of Inspections |
| Power Factories | 132 |
| Re-inspections of above | 37 |
| Non-Power Factories | 19 |
| Re-inspections of above | 1 |
| Outworkers' Rooms | 11 |
| Electrical Stations and Sites of Building Operations | 141 |
| Outworkers' Registers | 3 |
| Food and Drugs Act, 1955 | Number of Inspections |
| Dairies and Milk Shops | 34 |
| Ice Cream manufacture | 3 |
| Ice Cream sale and storage | 43 |
| Restaurants and Kitchens | 797 |
| Bakehouses | 9 |
| Butchers' Shops | 15 |
| Fish Shops | 5 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 5 |
| Other Food Shops | 257 |
| Market Streets | 66 |
| Licensed Premises | 86 |
| Sampling | 368 |
| Unsound Food | 156 |
| Re-inspections of above | 205 |