Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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95 [1931
Smoke nuisances—
Number of observations 118
Number of complaints 154
Number of notices served 82
Number of legal proceedings 1
Cleansing and Disinfection—
Number of adults cleansed 90
Number of children cleansed 4,408
Number of premises cleansed :—
(a) After infectious diseases 8,057
(b) For vermin 96
Water supply to tenement houses—
Number of premises supplied 89
Number of prosecutions 1
Sanitary officers—
Chief Sanitary Inspector (Whole time)
1
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (Whole time)
1 Male,
19
Female
0
„ (Part time)
Male,
Nil
Female
Nil
Number of Health Visitors
(Whole Time)
8
„ „
(Part time)
Nil
Tuberculosis Visiting Nurse
[Whole time)
1
References—Former M.O.H. Reports.
Tables and Reports have appeared in previous Annual Reports of the
Medical Officer of Health. Reference is made here to 1930 only.
Annual Report 1930.
Page 10 Public Health Congress. Royal Agricultural Hall.
Pages 34, 35 and 36 Smallpox.
Page 41 Islington (Chicken-Pox) Regulations, 1930.
Page 62 Local Government Act, 1929.
Page 57 Cleansing (Disinfection) of School Children. L.C.C. Agreement p.57.
Pages 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 Shops—General Investigation Regarding Conditions, Etc.
and 65.
Page 66 Nuisances by Dogs. Rag Flock Acts.
Page 67 Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1928. Merchandise
Marks Act, 1926.
Pages 70 and 71 ... Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
1'ages 71, 72, 73, 74 and 75 Housing.
Page 75 ... ... ... Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts.
Page 76 ... ... ... Unsound Chocolates given as Prizes.
I'age 78 ... ... ... The Grading of Milk—Bacteriological Examination.
Pages 78 and 79 ... The Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922: The Milk (Special
Designations) Order, 1923.