London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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INSPECTIONS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
lst Inspection Re-Inspections
Food
Food Premises (See table on page 30) 571 678
Hawkers 8 -
Milk Sampling 36 -
Ice Cream Sampling 18 -
Infectious Diseases
Notifiable Infectious Diseases 150 43
Food Poisoning 10 -
Infectious Disease Contacts 8 -
Smallpox Contacts 48 268
Public Health Inspections
Nuisances 1,116 2,116
Drainage 220 369
Drain tests 147 7
Rodent Control 163 112
Overcrowding 8 9
Factories 141 19
Outworkers 181 32
Renewal of Music and Dancing Licences 21 7
Rivers Pollution 521 1,031
Smoke observations 87 3
Verminous conditions 20 5
Pests 45 10
Rag Flock premises 5 2
Certificates of Disrepair 128 27
Revocation of Certificates of Disrepair
4 2
Hairdressers' Shops 33 2
Housing Act Inspections
House to House 78 9
Individual unfit houses 5 -
Permitted numbers 18 -
Shops Inspections 505 276
Others
Pet Animal Shops 6 3
Petroleum Stores 120 23
Fireguards 12 11
Visits to old people 14 10
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