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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 1962
[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 1962.
| Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | Number of Inspections |
|---|---|
| Dwelling Houses | 302 |
| Houses Let in Lodgings | 50 |
| Common Lodging Houses | 2 |
| Offices | 44 |
| Rag and Bone Shops | 18 |
| Drainage Work and Testing | 3,776 |
| Noise Nuisance Visits | 48 |
| Other Inspections | 608 |
| Re-inspections of above | 795 |
| Housing Acts, 1957—1961 | Number of Inspections |
| Houses | 47 |
| Underground Rooms | 34 |
| Overcrowding Visits | 26 |
| Re-inspections of above | 2 |
| Factories Acts, 1937—1961 | Number of Inspections |
| Power Factories | 44 |
| Re-inspections of above | 36 |
| Non-Power Factories | 3 |
| Re-inspections of above | 4 |
| Outworkers' Rooms | 4 |
| Electrical Stations and Sites of Building Operations | 108 |
| Outworkers' Registers | 5 |
| Food and Drugs Act, 1955 | Number of Inspections |
| Dairies and Milk Shops | 4 |
| Ice Cream manufacture | — |
| Ice Cream sale and storage | 13 |
| Restaurants and Kitchens | 409 |
| Bakehouses | 11 |
| Butchers' Shops | 14 |
| Fish Shops | 8 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 7 |
| Other Food Shops | 119 |
| Market Streets | 64 |
| Licensed Premises | 146 |
| Sampling | 271 |
| Unsound Food | 79 |
| Re-inspections of above | 145 |