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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Sanitary inspection of the area.
Shops.
Smoke abatement.
Swimming baths and pools.
Eradication of bed bugs.
Schools.
All these essential services are fully developed and maintained
at the highest possible level of efficiency.
SANITARY INSPECTION.
The following statement of the work of the Sanitary
Inspectors has been prepared by Mr. Henry Eastwood, Chief
Sanitary Inspector:—
Visits.
House-to-house inspections 130
Special inspections 1,392
Re-inspections 7,133
Transfer to Council houses 4
Notifiable infectious diseases 212
Tuberculosis 30
Deaths 56
Scabies 5
Verminous houses 88
Shops Acts 568
Factories, workshops and outworkers 208
Rent Restriction Act 3
Cinemas, etc 12
Overcrowding 184
Petroleum stores 202
Rag Flock Act 2
Dairies and milkshops 30
Bakehouses 39
Slaughter-houses 46
Butchers' shops 33
Restaurant kitchens 20
Other food shops 98
Offensive trades (fish frying) 10
Annual licences (Music and Dancing) 33
Stables 12