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 1946
[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:-
| Special Inspections | 3422 |
| Inspections of Houses let in lodgings | 123 |
| Re-inspections | 2651 |
| Inspections of Works in progress | 1182 |
| Inspections of Factories, Workshops and Work places (including Bakehouses and Restaurant Kitchens) | 238 |
| Visits to Slaughterhouses | 2 |
| Inspections of Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops | 22 |
| Inspections of ice Cream Premises | 80 |
| Inspections of Meat, Fish and Other Food Shops (including Meat Depot) | 386 |
| Inspections of Shops (Shops Acts) Visits re Infectious Disease and | 8 |
| Verminous Premises | 962 |
| Visits re Building Licences | 1063 |
| Visits re Housing Act, 1936 (Permitted Number) | 416 |
| Miscellaneous | 620 |
| Visits re Rodent Control | 3126 |
| Total number of inspections and | |
| re-inspect ions | 14295 |
| Defects discovered | 2682 |
| Remedied 858 | |
| In hand 259 | |
| 1117 | |
| Outstanding | 1565 |
| Notices served | |
| Informal Notices | 748 |
| Statutory Notices | 41 |
LAND CHARGE QUERIES
Eight hundred and ninety nine letters were received
during the year from the Town Clerk enquiring whether or not
there were any outstanding sanitary notices with respect to
certain properties in the district. The necessary searches
were made and the required information furnished.
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