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Acton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Section III.- SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
The work of the Council's Inspectorial Staff is allocated as follows :—There are eleven
District Inspectors, each of whom is responsible in his own district for the duties of which
particulars are given in the Table on page 38, and one Housing Inspector, who deals with the
borough as a whole, under the Housing Acts.
Two Food Inspectors divide the Borough for the purposes of the duties detailed
on page 61.
Work under the Factory and Workshops Acts is carried out by one male and one
female inspector, and information as to the work carried out under these Acts will be found
in the Tables on pages 47-50.
Inspections.—62,869 visits and inspections were made in 1936 by the Council's staff of
16 Inspectors.
Of these inspections, 47,309 were made by the 12 District Sanitary Inspectors (including
the Housing Inspector), 7,508 by the two Inspectors of Food and Food places, and
8,052 by the two Inspectors of Factories and Workshops.
Notices served.—3,586 intimation notices were served by the Inspectors during the
year. Of these 3,305 were served by the District Sanitary Inspectors, and 281 by the
Factory and Workshop Inspectors.
1,389 Statutory notices, 35 being under the Shops Act, were served for non-compliance
with certain of the above intimation notices.
Details of the work performed by the various Inspectors will be found in the following
tables.