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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
Finchley 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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work necessary to satisfactorily remedy the same. These
particulars are frequently amplified by verbal advice given
at the office or on the property. Assistance of this nature is
much appreciated, and results in sanitary improvements
being more readily carried out.
In addition to the matters mentioned herein, a considerable
amount of the time of your sanitary staff is of necessity
taken up with clerical routine, interviews, and other administrative
work that does not call for special comment in this
report.
Inspections.
The total number of inspections made in regard to each section of work, with the exception of visits made under the Shops Act, is recorded in the appended tabic, together with a summary of the sanitary improvements carried out:—
| House to House Inspections | 442 |
| Special Inspections | 1702 |
| Re-Inspections after Order or Notice | 2270 |
| Visits to Works in progress | 2104 |
| Visits to Factories and Workshops (including Bakehouses) | 422 |
| Visits to Slaughterhouses | 296 |
| Visits to Cowsheds, Dairies, and Milkshops | 134 |
| Visits to Ice Cream Premises | 39 |
| Visits to Food Shops | 551 |
| Visits re Infectious Di&ease | 1066 |
| Miscellaneous | 496 |
| Total number of inspections and re-inspections | 9522 |