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Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Hornsey, N.8.
To His Worship the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Hornsey
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
In accordance with my statutory duty I submit the Annual Report
relating to the Borough Health Services for the year ending the 31st
December, 1950.
The volume of work shown in the various sections of this Report
demonstrates the importance of the functions left to a progressive Local
Sanitary Authority. The health department has concentrated throughout
the year on fundamental problems of environmental hygiene—housing,
inspection and supervision of food and infectious disease control.
Positive progress has been made in the improvement of unsatisfactory
individual housing conditions, and much preliminary work undertaken in
preparation for the Campsbourne Clearance Area. In respect to the latter
a heavy burden has fallen on the shoulders of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
Mr. Jesse, the Senior District Sanitary Inspector Mr. Chance, and the
clerical staff.
The clerical staff was depleted early in the year by the transfer of the
Area Health staff from the Town Hall to new offices in Somerset Road,
Tottenham. Since the end of the year the department has been re-inforced
by the appointment of Mr. D. B. Davies, D.P.A., Health Education
Officer in the Borough of Luton, to the post of Chief Clerk.
The whole-time appointment of Mr. W. J. Wilson, D.P.A., M.S.I.A.,
responsible to me for your Clean Food Campaign, promises an increasingly
effective effort in the education of food handlers in the Borough and
awakening of public interest in matters of food hygiene. Co-operation of
food traders has been most encouraging and a special indebtedness is
owed to the Local Chamber of Commerce for their active support in
making the scheme an initial success.
No serious outbreak of infection occurred during the year; and the
health of the Borough as measured by vital statistics showed a satisfactory
record.
To the Chairman, Councillor Miss O. Anderson, and Members of the
Health Committee I am extremely indebted for their support and kind
encouragement throughout the year.
I am,
Your obedient servant,
G. Hamilton Hogben,
Medical Officer of Health.
September, 1951.
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