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 1973
[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. | 24,098 | 747 | 1,272 | 63 | 6 | 949 |
| Housing - Public Health action, drainage, refuse collection, pests, domestic noise and general nuisances. | 22,668 | 2,371 | 838 | 89 | 462 | 1,888 |
| (b) SPECIAL SERVICES | ||||||
| Food & Drugs - Food premises, markets, stalls and delivery vehicles, sampling, meat and poultry inspection. | 9,758 | — | 209 | 27 | — | — |
| Offices, Shops & Railway Premises Act 1963. | 2,133 | — | 155 | 4 | — | — |
| Air Pollution and Factories - smoke observations, surveys, complaints, pollution volume measurements, Factories Act 1961, industrial noise | 2,007 | — | 65 | 4 | — | — |
| Public Control functions - Shops Acts, licensing, consumer protection, fertilizers and feeding stuffs, sampling. | 10,924 | — | — | 19 | — | — |
| TOTALS | 71,588 | 3,118 | 2,539 | 206 | 468 | 2,837 |