Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS AND VISITS
Initial Inspections under Housing Acts and Public
Health Acts 1,962
Other inspections, including advisory visits 774
Re-Inspections 1,653
Overcrowding 45
Houses let in multiple occupation 24
Infectious Disease 232
Rodent Control 1,664
Clean Air Act, 1956 (including smoke control area
surveys) 10,219
Factories and Workplaces (including Bakehouses and
Restaurant Kitchens) 379
Slaughterhouse 8
Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops 5
Ice Cream Premises 17
Meat, Fish and Other Food Premises 610
Hawkers, Vehicles and Stores 44
Hairdressers' Premises 20
Pet Animals Act, 1951 6
Animal Boarding Establishments Act, 1963 31
Shops Acts 72
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 87
Miscellaneous 4,143
21,995
COMPLAINTS AND REQUESTS FOR SERVICES
Defective roofs 37
Insanitary or defective condition of premises 96
Damp premises 54
Blocked or defective drains 568
Defective W.C.s 12
Defective water fittings 12
Flooding 34
Unsatisfactory housing conditions, including overcrowding
11
Dustbins, defective or absence of 10
Accumulation of refuse 72
67