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Hornsey 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Factories and Workshops. Defects Remedied.
Sanitary accommodation—Insufficient 5
Unsuitable or defective 6
Not separate for sexes 1
Workrooms cleansed or repaired 12
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PREMISES INSPECTED PERIODICALLY.
The following premises were inspected periodically during the
year and any matters requiring attention were dealt with:-
No. in
District.
Dairies and milkshops 30
Milk purveyors in connection with other businesses 76
Bakehouses 20
Catering trades 77
Slaughter-houses 6
Butchers' shops 56
Fish shops 23
Factories, workshops and. work-places 323
Outworkers' premises 134
Cinemas 6
Places of public entertainment 32
Shoots (refuse) 1
Offensive trades (fish frying) 10
Licensed petroleum stores 878
BYELAWS RELATING TO HOUSES INTENDED OR USED
FOR OCCUPATION BY THE WORKING CLASSES AND LET
IN LODGINGS OR OCCUPIED BY MEMBERS OF MORE
THAN ONE FAMILY.
The amended Byelaws made necessary by the new standards
laid down in the Housing Act, 1936, were confirmed on the fifth
day of May, 1937, and came into operation on the first day of
June, 1937.