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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,, 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 |