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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
Hornsey 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| ,, Petroleum stores | 269 |
| ,, Slaughter-houses | 253 |
| ,, Butchers' shops | 148 |
| ,, Restaurant kitchens | 69 |
| ,, Bakehouses | 61 |
| ,, Cowsheds, Dairies and Milk-shops | 156 |
| ,, Ice-cream premises | 58 |
| ,, Food shops | 441 |
| ,, Stables | 127 |
| ,, Urinals | 61 |
| ,, Cinemas | 40 |
| Smoke inspections and observations taken | 2 |
| Visits re Infectious disease notified | 434 |
| ,, other Infectious disease | 17 |
| ,, Vermin | 11 |
| ,, Tuberculosis, etc. | 39 |
| „ Deaths | 126 |
Notices Served.
| Informal Notices served (general) | 1,305 |
| ,, ,, ,, (Increase of Rent Acts) | 2 |
| Statutory Notices served:— | |
| Under sec. 41, Public Health Act, 1875, to examine drains | 20 |
| Under sec. 41, Public Health Act, 1875, to relay drains | 20 |
| Under sec. 91, Public Health Act, 1875, to abate nuisances | 130 |
| In 124 instances where the Occupier was also the owner | |
| the work was carried out without a written notice. |
Summary of Sanitary Improvements carried out.
| Number of houses and premises re-drained | 34 |
| Repairs or amendments to existing drains | 128 |
| Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed | 89 |
| Manholes provided | 71 |
| Manholes altered and repaired | 51 |
| Intercepting traps fixed | 50 |
| New gully traps fixed | 117 |
| New soil-pipes and ventilating shafts fixed | 42 |
| Soil-pipes and ventilating shafts repaired | 53 |