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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Inspections and Visits | NOTICEi Formal | SERVED Informal | Prosecutions | Work in Default | Properties and Premises Repaired or Improved | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(a) HOUSING AND DISTRICT | ||||||
Housing - Slum Clearance, repairs, improvements, redevelopment. Means of escape in case of fire. | 22,638 | 829 | 2,178 | 25 | 4 | 962 |
Housing - Public Health action, drainage, refuse collection, pests, domestic noise and general nuisances. | 20,314 | 2,129 | 1,602 | 45 | 331 | 1,911 |
(b) SPECIAL SERVICES | ||||||
Food & Drugs - Food premises, markets, stalls and delivery vehicles, sampling, meat and poultry inspection. | 14,469 | - | 228 | 54 | — | — |
Offices, Shops & Railway Premises Act 1963. | 3,147 | - | - | - | — | — |
Air Pollution and Factories - smoke observations, surveys, complaints, pollution volume measurements, Factories Act 1961, industrial noise | 2,893 | - | 190 | 1 | — | — |
Public Control functions - Shops Acts, licensing, consumer protection, fertilizers and feeding stuffs, sampling. | 11,661 | - | — | 4 | — | — |
75,122 | 2,958 | 4,198 | 129 | 335 | 2,873 |