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Hornsey 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
The following statement of the work of the Sanitary
Inspectors has been prepared by Mr. Henry Eastwood, Chief
Sanitary Inspector: —
The visits made, the notices served and the sanitary improvements carried out are recorded in the following tables:—
| Visits. | |
|---|---|
| House-to-house inspections | 382 |
| Special inspections | 1,220 |
| Re-inspections | 9,454 |
| Transfer to Council houses | 5 |
| Notifiable infectious diseases | 366 |
| Tuberculosis | 77 |
| Deaths | 120 |
| Verminous houses | 10 |
| Scabies | 1 |
| Shops Act | 725 |
| Factories, workshops and outworkers | 600 |
| Rent Restriction Act | 7 |
| Cinemas, etc. | 22 |
| Overcrowding | 140 |
| Petroleum stores | 298 |
| Rag Flock Act | 4 |
| Dairies and milkshops | 86 |
| Bakehouses | 57 |
| Slaughter-houses | 186 |
| Butchers' shops | 95 |
| Restaurant kitchens | 32 |
| Other food shops | 204 |
| Annual licences (Music and Dancing) | 32 |
| Stables | 46 |
| Urinals | 12 |
| Smoke observations | 8 |
| Refuse tips | 142 |
| Passages | 20 |
| Allotments | 5 |
| Drainage | 43 |
| Fee tests | 9 |