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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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13
Passages 12
Rent Act 2
Offices (workplaces) 248
Other workplaces 31
Drainage 31
Drainage Fee tests 269
Water tests applied (new drains) 99
Smoke and chemical tests applied (old drains) 87
Drains examined under Sees. 48 A 287, Public Health Act,
193G 39
14,378
NOTICES.
The Notices given during the year are as follows: —
Under the—
Verbal
Preliminary
Statutory
Public Health and Housing Acts
669
733
133
Housing Bye-Laws
—
43
18
Shops Act, 1934
43
11
—
Factory Acts
—
14
1
712
801
152
SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS
CARRIED OUT.
Drainage.
Number of houses and premises redrained 43
Repairs or amendments to existing drains 234
Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed 52
Manholes provided 73
do. repaired 49
Intercepting traps fixed 11
New gulley traps fixed 140
New soil pipes and ventilating shafts fixed 62
Soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired 41
Fresh-air inlets provided or repaired 62