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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Inspection and Enforcement Action
| Inspections and Visits | NOTICES SERVED | Prosecutions | Work in Default | Properties and Premises Repaired or Improved | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | |||||
| (a) HOUSING AND DISTRICT | ||||||
| Housing - Slum Clearance, repairs, improvements, redevelopment. Means of escape in case of fire. | 24,121 | 1,301 | 1,693 | 145 | 6 | 1,181 |
| Housing - Public Health action, drainage, refuse collection, pests, domestic noise and general nuisances. | 21,233 | 1,792 | 1,448 | 110 | 295 | 2,089 |
| (b) SPECIAL SERVICES | ||||||
| Food & Drugs - Food premises, markets, stalls and delivery vehicles, sampling, meat and poultry inspection. | 9,239 | - | 232 | 17 | — | - |
| Offices, Shops & Railway Premises Act 1963. | 2,171 | - | 117 | - | — | - |
| Air Pollution and Factories - smoke observations, surveys, complaints, pollution volume measurements. Factories Act 1961, industrial noise | 2,340 | - | 73 | — | — | — |
| Public Control functions - Shops Acts, licensing, consumer protection, fertilizers and feeding stuffs, sampling. | 9,797 | - | — | 18 | — | — |
| TOTALS | 68,901 | 3,093 | 3,563 | 290 | 301 | 3,270 |