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
East Barnet 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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Table of Visits and Inspections made during the Year
| PUBLIC HEALTH | 1959 | 1960 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuisances and Sanitary Defects | 3,679 | 2,873 | ||
| Infectious Diseases | 347 | 254 | ||
| Schools | 41 | 39 | ||
| Brooks and Streams | 12 | 14 | ||
| Verminous Premises | 1 | _ | ||
| Hairdressers and Barbers | 18 | 4,428 | 23 | 3,203 |
| HOUSING | ||||
| Housing Act, 1936, Part 2 | 870 | 1,205 | ||
| Permitted Numbers and Overcrowding | 163 | 132 | ||
| Applicants for Housing (Special Cases) | 74 | 1,207 | 105 | 1,442 |
| FOOD HYGIENE | ||||
| Restaurants and Snack Bars | 391 | 397 | ||
| Fish Shops | 137 | 129 | ||
| Butchers' Shops | 323 | 319 | ||
| Bakehouses | 26 | 37 | ||
| Ice Cream Premises | 217 | 238 | ||
| Other Food Shops and Premises | 699 | 725 | ||
| Food Inspections | 225 | 201 | ||
| Milk (Special Designations) Registrations | 71 | 2,089 | 48 | 2,094 |
| FACTORIES | ||||
| Factories | 151 | 162 | ||
| Outworkers | 39 | 190 | 36 | 196 |
| INFESTATIONS | ||||
| Rat and Mouse | 2,583 | 2,699 | ||
| Insects | 325 | 2,908 | 453 | 3,102 |
| FOOD AND DRUGS | ||||
| Sampling and in connection therewith | 326 | 326 | 287 | 287 |
| SHOPS ACTS | ||||
| Visits made | 498 | 498 | 521 | 521 |
| CLEAN AIR ACT | ||||
| Visits made | 1,656 | 1,656 | 2,672 | 2,672 |
| 13,072 | 13,517 | |||
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