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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Houses Inspected (on complaint, etc.) | 8,620 |
do. Separate Lettings in above | 14,456 |
Inspections re Schools | 16 |
do. Licensed Premises | 5 |
do. Child Life Protection | 2 |
do. Stables, Manure Pits | 6 |
do. Courts, Mews — | 9 |
do. Food Salvage Containers | 114 |
do. Bombed Sites | 146 |
do. Derelict Buildings | 24 |
do. A.R.P. Shelters, Static Water Tanks | 19 |
do. Fairgrounds, Caravans | 25 |
Nuisances dealt with by Notice | 10,645 |
do. informally | 1,207 |
Houses Reinspected | 15,112 |
do. Separate Lettings in above | 25,462 |
Other revisits | 846 |
Notices Served—Intimation | 3,861 |
do. Statutory | 2,202 |
Notices Complied with—Intimation | 1,575 |
do. Statutory | 1,443 |
do. By Local Authority in default | 18 |
Requisitioned Properties—Inspected | 112 |
do. Separate Lettings in above | 211 |
do. Reinspected | 99 |
do. Separate Lettings in above | 182 |
Enquires received | 2,027 |
Properties involved | 2,734 |
Investigations | 6,165 |
Cases Investigated | 48 |
Cases Revisited | 95 |
(See also Section on Services for Elderly Persons). | |
Sections 57/62, etc.—Inspections and Revisits | 512 |
Survey of Areas—Preliminary Investigations | 224 |
Sections 9, 11, 12, etc., Inspections and Revisits | 991 |
do. Separate Lettings in above | 1,018 |
Other Visits or Inspections not specified | 2,693 |
Noneffective Visits | 5,787 |
Total Nuisances and Contraventions Reported (all sources) | 12,022 |
Retail Shops and Food Purveyors Inspected | 76 |
Street Markets Visited | 155 |
Barrows, Stalls Inspected | 217 |
* See also Section E. |