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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
Friern Barnet 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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| Yards. | |
| Yard pavings provided or renewed | 0 |
| Yard pavings repaired | 5 |
| Refuse. | |
| Justbins provided | 23 |
| Accumulations of refuse removed | 4 |
| Woodwork. | |
| Stairtreads renewed or repaired | 2 |
| Balusters and handrails renewed or repaired | 3 |
| Poors renewed, repaired or rehung | 3 |
| General. | |
| Now ranges and grates provided | 4 |
| Ranges and grates repaired | 10 |
| Now coppers provided | 1 |
| Coppers repaired | 3 |
| Houses repainted externally | 2 |
| Doorsteps renewed or repaired | 1 |
| O^her defects (unclassified) | 32 |
| Foodstores provided | 0 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 3 |
| Total | 605 |
Total number remedied 1938 2404
„ „ „1937 2099
„ „ „1936 1377
„ „ „ 193 5 1022
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
MiIk The following licences were issued under the Milk (Special
designations) Order, 1936.-
Pasteurised 10
Accredited .1
Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) 6
Pasteuriser's .1
Meat and other foods.
Butchers' shops are visited frequently, but there has been no
slaughtering in the district during the year.
There has been no need for the seizure of undsound food, and
tfte amount surrendered has been extremely small:-
260 lbs Beef 1 box Herrings
24 lbs Sausages 5 Boxes Cod
4 lbs Butter
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
cDaa] 1-pox.
~ No cases of small-pox occurred in thc/district. during the
year.
Fever.
"Twenty-seven cases v;ere notified during 1939, as compared