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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
East Barnet 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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TABLE 1
Table of Visits and Inspections made during the Year
| PUBLIC HEALTH | 1957 | 1958 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuisances and Sanitary Defects | 4,105 | 3,834 | ||
| Infectious Diseases | 161 | 153 | ||
| Schools | 83 | 85 | ||
| Brooks and Streams | 41 | 44 | ||
| Verminous Premises | 4 | 6 | ||
| Hairdressers and Barbers | 28—4,493 | 20—4,142 | ||
| HOUSING | ||||
| Housing Act, 1936, Part 2 | 1,875 | 712 | ||
| Permitted Numbers and Overcrowding | 138 | 281 | ||
| Applicants for Housing (Special Cases) | 51—2,064 | 48—1,041 | ||
| FOOD HYGIENE | ||||
| Restaurants and Snack Bars | 342 | — | 451 | |
| Fish Shops | 193 | 185 | ||
| Butchers' Shops | 319 | 391 | ||
| Bakehouses | 61 | 55 | ||
| Ice Cream Premises | 204 | 243 | ||
| Other Food Shops and Premises | 693 | 722 | ||
| Food Inspections | 191 | 205 | ||
| Milk (Special Designations) Registrations | 107—2,110 | 98—2,350 | ||
| FACTORIES | ||||
| Factories | 173 | 189 | ||
| Outworkers | 114—287 | 98—287 | ||
| INFESTATIONS | ||||
| Rat and Mouse | 2,382 | 2,668 | ||
| Insects | 194—2,576 | 176—2,844 | ||
| FOOD AND DRUGS | ||||
| Sampling and in connection therewith | 483—483 | 479—479 | ||
| SHOPS ACTS | ||||
| Visits made | 685—685 | 593—593 | ||
| CLEAN AIR ACT | ||||
| Visits made | — | — | 418—418 | |
| 12,698 | 12,154 | |||
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