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

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1955

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Routine Inspections, etc.—cont.

Routine Inspections, etc.—cont.

Houses Reinspected12,509
do.Separate Lettings in above21,782
Other revisits1,042
Notices Served—Intimation3,797
do.Statutory1,793
Notices Complied with—Intimation1,651
do.Statutory1,239
do.By Local Authority in default40
Requisitioned Properties—Inspected99
do.Separate Lettings in above165
do.Reinspected156
do.Separate Lettings in above281
Land Charges Act, 1925.
Enquiries received2,042
Properties involved2,970
Investigations4,163
Rational Assistance Act (Section 47).—Aged and Infirm Persons
Cases Investigated31
Cases Revisited38
(See also Section on Services for Elderly Persons).
Housing Acts.
Sections 57/62, etc.—Inspections and Revisits428
Survey of Areas—Preliminary Investigations1,118
Sections 9, 11, 12, etc., Inspections and Revisits2,008
do.Separate Lettings in above2,010
Miscellaneous.
Other Visits or Inspections not specified1,588
Non-effective Visits5,594
Total Nuisances and Contraventions Reported (all sources)10,720
*Food & Drugs Act, etc.—Week End (Saturday—Sunday) Duty.
Retail Shops and Food Purveyors Inspected61
Street Markets Visited100
* See also Section E.
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954
Certificates of Disrepair.
SectionSections
2626/27
Applications brought forward from 1954557
Applications in 195513335
Total18842
Certificates issued in 195518538
Certificates refused in 19552—
Balance to 195614
Total18842
Appeals Lodged——