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
Finchley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Inspections.
The total number of inspections made in regard to each
section of work is recorded in the appended table, together
with a summary of the sanitary improvements carried out:—
House-to-House Inspections 254
Special Inspections 3201
Inspections of Houses-let-in-Lodgings 101
Re-Inspections 3610
Inspections of Works in Progress 1437
Inspections of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
(including Bakehouses and Restaurant
kitchens) 623
Visits to Slaughterhouses 701
Inspections of Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops 149
Inspections of Ice Cream Premises 131
Inspections of Meat, Fish and other Food Shops 246
Inspections of Shops (Shops' Act) 1381
Visits re Infectious Disease 874
Miscellaneous 211
Total number of Inspections and Re-inspections 12,919
Total number of Houses inspected under :—
(a) Public Health Acts 1080
(b) Housing Acts 442
1522
Total number of other premises visited 1302
Overcrowding Survey.
Number of visits arising out of the original overcrowding
survey, and visits to measure rooms for
the purpose of furnishing landlords with information
for entry in rent books 7457
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