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Hornsey 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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15
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
(Section C.)
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 132
Special inspections 1,789
Re-inspections 7,483
Transfer to Council houses 3
Notifiable infectious diseases 220
Tuberculosis 8
Deaths 10
Scabies 3
Verminous houses 65
Shops Acts 1,009
Factories, workshops and outworkers 463
Cinemas, etc. 5
Overcrowding 686
Petroleum stores 148
Rag Flock Act 3
Dairies and milkshops 9
Bakehouses 38
Slaughter-houses 41
Butchers' shops 34
Restaurant kitchens 15
Other food shops 84
Offensive trades (fish frying) 16
Annual licences (Music and Dancing) 43
Stables 31
Overcrowding survey 14,425
Piggeries 2
Conveniences 1
Smoke observations 1
Sidings 2
Refuse tips 1
Passages 15