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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 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: INSPECTIONS NECESSITATED BY WAR CONDITIONS.

INSPECTIONS NECESSITATED BY WAR CONDITIONS.

Rest Centres4
Salvage Sack Sites292
Survey of Unoccupied Houses680
Landlord & Tenant (War Damage) Amendment Act, 1941148
Air Raid Shelters326
Fuel and Lighting Order56
Food Shops Damaged2
First Aid Repairs378
Control of Building Operations (No. 2) Order, 1944498
Visits re Certificates of Essentiality97
Building Licences266
10,667

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NOTICES.
The Notices served during the year are as follows:—
Under the— Verbal Preliminary Statutory
Public Health and Housing Acts 167 602 38
Housing Byelaws — 3 —
167 605 38

Table: SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT.DRAINAGE.

SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT.

DRAINAGE.

Number of houses and premises redrained2
Repairs or amendments to existing drains25
Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed64
Manholes provided9
Manholes repaired14
Intercepting traps fixed6
New gulley traps fixed15
New soil pipes and ventilating shafts fixed6
Soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired9
WATER-CLOSETS AND SANITARY FITTINGS.
New water-closet buildings2
New water-closet basins fixed54
Water-closets unstopped, cleansed or repaired33
New sinks provided19
New lavatory basins provided13
Waste-pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped42
Waste-pipes diverted into proper drain8
Baths provided or made usable1
Urinals cleansed3
MISCELLANEOUS.
Roofs repaired103
Eaves guttering renewed, cleansed or repaired51
Rain-water pipes provided, repaired32
Damp walls remedied48
Damp-proof courses inserted6
Paving of yards repaired14
Premises structurally repaired211