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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 1964
[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 1964.
| Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | Number of Inspections |
|---|---|
| Dwelling Houses | 327 |
| Houses Let in Lodgings | 91 |
| Common Lodging Houses | 1 |
| Offices | 22 |
| Rag and Bone Shops | 6 |
| Drainage Work and Testing | 3,165 |
| Noise Nuisance Visits | 151 |
| Other Inspections | 824 |
| Re-inspections of above | 1,385 |
| Housing Act, 1961 | Number of Inspections |
| Houses | 258 |
| Underground Rooms | 28 |
| Overcrowding Visits | 26 |
| Re-inspections of above | 16 |
| Factories Acts, 1961 | Number of Inspections |
| Power Factories | 82 |
| Re-inspections of above | 17 |
| Non-Power Factories | 5 |
| Re-inspections of above | 1 |
| Outworkers' Rooms | 5 |
| Re-inspections of above | — |
| Electrical Stations and Sites of Building Operations | 90 |
| Outworkers' Registers | 3 |
| Food and Drugs Act, 1955 | Number of Inspections |
| Dairies and Milk Shops | 3 |
| Ice Cream manufacture | — |
| Ice Cream sale and storage | 17 |
| Restaurants and Kitchens | 813 |
| Bakehouses | 23 |
| Butchers' Shops | 69 |
| Fish Shops | 19 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 3 |
| Other Food Shops | 266 |
| Market Streets | 65 |
| Licensed Premises | 115 |
| Sampling | 227 |
| Unsound Food | 90 |
| Re-inspections of above | 89 |