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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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]

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Table: Cases in which defects wore found.

Cases in which defects wore found.

Particulars.No. of cases in which defects were found.
Found.Remedied.Prosecutions.
Want of cleanliness .22-
Sanitary conveniences unsuitable or defective.33-
Other offences against the Act.22-
Total.77

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Shops.
There are 317 shops in the district, a number
of them being family businesses in which no assistants
are employed. The whole of the Shops Act is
administered by the Council including such matters as
closing hours, early closing day, Sunday trading,
and the comfort and welfare of shop assistants.
Two hundred and twenty-five visits were made to
shops in connection with these various matters.
HEATING APPLIANCES(FIREGUARDS) ACT 1952.
The object of this Act is to prevent risk of
injury by burning. Gas fires, electric fires and
oil heaters, sold for use in residential promises, are
required to be fitted with adequate guards, the standards
for which are laid down in regulations made under
the Act.
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