Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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SANITARY INSPECTIONS
The following statement of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors has
been prepared by Mr. J. H. Jesse, Chief Sanitary Inspector.
Complaints 2,761
Re-inspections 5,345
Information from Builder 466
Special Inspections 565
Drainage 235
Water Tests applied (new drains) 37
Smoke and Chemical Tests (old drains) 52
Tests applied on payment of a prescribed fee 1
Verminous conditions 67
Overcrowding surveys 23
Overcrowding re-inspections 1
Surveys (Permitted Number) 2
Re-surveys (Permitted Number) 11
Memorandum from Borough Engineer & Surveyor 16
Notifiable Infectious Diseases 221
Scabies 27
Smallpox Contacts 126
Public Health (Aircraft) regulations, 1938 45
Shops Acts Inspections 80
Shops Acts Re-inspections 4
Sunday Trading Inspections 297
Butchers' Shops 5
Milkshops 6
Grocers' Shops 3
Bakehouses 12
Fish Shops 1
Restaurant Kitchens 10
Greengrocers' Shops 3
Ice Cream Premises 71
Other food shops
Food Inspections - 296
Factories 166
Outworkers 4
Offices 34
Cinemas 1
Music end Dancing Licences 15
Stables 4
Passages 4
Petroleum Stores 112
Registration of Hawkers 5
Building Licences 8,696
Certificate of Essential Repairs 636
Landlord & Tenant (War D mage) Amendment Act, 1941 9
Rets & Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 343
Rats Treatment of Sewers 11
Fuel Enforcement 18
Rent Restrictions Acts 6
20,855
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