London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Islington 1953

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

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Table: Routine Inspections, etc.—continued

Routine Inspections, etc.—continued

Land Charge Enquiries dealt with5,683
Requisitioned Properties—Inspected148
do. Separate Lettings in above257
do. Reinspected191
do. Separate Lettings in above312
National Assistance Act (Section 47).—Aged and Infirm Persons
Cases Investigated82
Cases Revisited175
(See also Section on Services for Elderly Persons).
Housing Acts.
Sections 57/62, etc.—Inspections and Revisits775
Survey of Areas—Preliminary Investigations882
Sections 9, 11, 12, etc1,111
do. Separate Lettings in above1,145
Miscellaneous.
Other Visits or Inspections not specified above2,849
Non-effective Visits7,481
Total Nuisances and Contraventions Reported (all sources)14,760
*Food ii Drugs Act, etc.—Week End (Saturday—Sunday) Duty.
Retail Shops and Food Purveyors Inspected79
Street Markets Visited217
Barrows, Stalls Inspected305
* See also Section E.
Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts, 1920 to 1939.
Certificates of Disrepair.
Applications brought forward from 19524
Applications in 195329
Total33
Certificates issued in 195325
Applications refused in 19538
Balance to 19540
Total33
Clearance Certificates.
Applications brought forward from 19524
Applications in 195321
Total25
Certificates issued in 195316
Applications refused in 19537
Balance to 19542
Total25