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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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Visits to Food shops | 861 |
Visits to Stables | 385 |
Visits to Urinals | 58 |
Visits to Cinemas | 36 |
Smoke inspections | 13 |
Visits re Infectious Disease notified | 235 |
,, other Infectious Disease | 24 |
,, Vermin | 12 |
,, Tuberculosis, etc. | 1,054 |
,, Deaths | 157 |
Total number of inspections and re-inspections | 15,334 |
Notices Served.
Informal Notices served (general) | 1,311 |
do. do. do. (Increase of Rents Acts) | 9 |
Statutory Notices served :— | |
Under sec. 41, Public Health Act, 1875, to examine drains | 10 |
Under sec. 41, Public Health Act, 1875, to relay drains | 10 |
Under sec. 91, Public Health Act, 1875, to abate nuisances | 114 |
Summary of Sanitary Improvements Carried Out.
Number of houses and premises re-drained | 15 |
Repairs or amendments to existing drains | 93 |
Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed | 82 |
Manholes provided | 26 |
Manholes altered and repaired | 17 |
Intercepting traps fixed | 16 |
New gully traps fixed | 76 |
New soil-pipes and ventilating shafts fixed | 29 |
Soil-pipes and ventilating shafts repaired | 34 |
Water tests applied | 50 |
Smoke tests applied | 127 |
Drains examined, Public Health Act, 1875 (Section 41) | 10 |
New water-closet basins fixed | 66 |
Water-closets unstopped, cleansed or repaired | 102 |
New check cisterns fitted to water-closets | 18 |