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 1954

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

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Table: Routine Inspections, etc.

Routine Inspections, etc.

Houses Inspected (on complaint, etc.)8,620
do. Separate Lettings in above14,456
Inspections re Schools16
do. Licensed Premises5
do. Child Life Protection2
do. Stables, Manure Pits6
do. Courts, Mews —9
do. Food Salvage Containers114
do. Bombed Sites146
do. Derelict Buildings24
do. A.R.P. Shelters, Static Water Tanks19
do. Fairgrounds, Caravans25
Nuisances dealt with by Notice10,645
do. informally1,207
Houses Reinspected15,112
do. Separate Lettings in above25,462
Other revisits846
Notices Served—Intimation3,861
do. Statutory2,202
Notices Complied with—Intimation1,575
do. Statutory1,443
do. By Local Authority in default18
Requisitioned Properties—Inspected112
do. Separate Lettings in above211
do. Reinspected99
do. Separate Lettings in above182
Land Charges Act, 1925.
Enquires received2,027
Properties involved2,734
Investigations6,165
Rational Assistance Act (Section 47).—Aged and Infirm Persons
Cases Investigated48
Cases Revisited95
(See also Section on Services for Elderly Persons).
Housing Acts.
Sections 57/62, etc.—Inspections and Revisits512
Survey of Areas—Preliminary Investigations224
Sections 9, 11, 12, etc., Inspections and Revisits991
do. Separate Lettings in above1,018
Miscellaneous.
Other Visits or Inspections not specified2,693
Noneffective Visits5,787
Total Nuisances and Contraventions Reported (all sources)12,022
*Food &? Drugs Act, etc.—Wee^ End (Saturday—Sunday) Duty.
Retail Shops and Food Purveyors Inspected76
Street Markets Visited155
Barrows, Stalls Inspected217
* See also Section E.