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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 1963
[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 1963.
| Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | Number of Inspections |
|---|---|
| Dwelling Houses | 292 |
| Houses Let in Lodgings | 37 |
| Common Lodging Houses | 4 |
| Offices | 41 |
| Rag and Bone Shops | 8 |
| Drainage Work and Testing | 3,618 |
| Noise Nuisance Visits | 70 |
| Other Inspections | 808 |
| Re-inspections of above | 2,167 |
| Housing Act, 1961 | Number of Inspections |
| Houses | 145 |
| Underground Rooms | 53 |
| Overcrowding Visits | 35 |
| Re-inspections of above | 15 |
| Factories Acts, 1961 | Number of Inspections |
| Power Factories | 115 |
| Re-inspections of above | 30 |
| Non-Power Factories | 4 |
| Re-inspections of above | — |
| Outworkers' Rooms | 2 |
| Re-inspections of above | 6 |
| Electrical Stations and Sites of Building Operations | 128 |
| Outworkers' Registers | 2 |
| Food and Drugs Act, 1955 | Number of Inspections |
| Dairies and Milk Shops | 9 |
| Ice Cream manufacture | — |
| Ice Cream sale and storage | 60 |
| Restaurants and Kitchens | 629 |
| Bakehouses | 31 |
| Butchers' Shops | 44 |
| Fish Shops | 13 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 10 |
| Other Food Shops | 180 |
| Market Streets | 64 |
| Licensed Premises | 130 |
| Sampling | 272 |
| Unsound Food | 75 |
| Re-inspections of above | 212 |