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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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11
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.
Complaints 836
House-to-house inspections 325
Special inspections 557
Re-inspections 6,831
Families re-housed 59
Overcrowding surveys 63
Notifiable infectious diseases 237
Deaths 1
Scabies 11
Verminous houses 87
Shops Acts 1,406
Dairies and milkshops 33
Bakehouses 52
Slaughter-houses 23
Butchers shops 27
Restaurant kitchens 28
Other food shops 275
Factories and outworkers 176
Offices (workplaces) 10
Other workplaces 28
Cinemas, etc. 10
Petroleum stores 181
Rag Flock Act 5
Offensive trades (fish frying) 16
Annual licences (Music and Dancing) 27
Stables 3
Piggeries 4
Conveniences 4
Smoke observations 7
Sidings 2
Refuse tips 6