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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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13
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 758
Special inspections 492
Re-inspections 2,929
Families re-housed 18
Overcrowding surveys 26
Notifiable infectious diseases 267
Small-pox Contacts 2
Verminous houses 70
Pests 28
Shops Acts 1,460
Dairies and milkshops 29
Bakehouses 48
Slaughter-houses 8
Butchers' shops 127
Restaurant kitchens 41
Other food shops 370
Food inspections 216
Factories and outworkers 426
Offices (workplaces) 33
Young Persons Act 27
Petroleum stores 91
Offensive trades (fish frying) 28
Piggeries 20
Conveniences 1
Smoke observations 4
Passages 7
Drainage 63
Water tests applied (New Drains) 11
Smoke and chemical tests applied fold drains) 33