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Islington 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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551 defects or contraventions were remedied, as follows :—
Factories Act, 1937 338
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 107
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 106
551
The following Notices were also complied with:—
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 6
Other Notices complied with 3
9
125 complaints were received, as follows:—
General 101
Home Office 24
125
B. Female Sanitary Inspectors.
4,660 inspections and re-inspections were made by these Inspectors during
the year 1946. These are summarised in the following manner:—
Factories (mechanical power) 1,325
Factories (non-mechanical power) 574
Other premises under the Factories Act, 1937 —
Outworkers 1,142
Hotel and Restaurant Kitchens 199
Coffee and Dining Rooms 567
Refreshment Rooms 482
Provisions 52
Common Lodging Houses 4
Special Inspections (Food Licences) 242
Other visits 73
4,660
519 contraventions or nuisances were found, as follows:—
Factories Act, 1937 301
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 137
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 81
519
216 Notices were served, as follows:—
Factories Act, 1937 76
Food & Drugs Act, 1938 80
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 60
216
311 contraventions or nuisances were remedied, as follows:—
Factories Act, 1937 164
Food & Drugs Act, 1938 92
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 55
311