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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
Hendon 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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STATUTORY NOTICES.
| Applied for | 175 |
| Served under the Public Health Acts, etc. | 37 |
| Outstanding from 1935 | 5 |
| 42 | |
| Complied with | 33 |
| Outstanding, 1936 | 9 |
| Served under the Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act | 1 |
| Complied with | 1 |
SUMMONS.
One summons was applied for and issued during the year.
The Court made an order requiring execution of work
necessary to abate nuisances, and awarded £5 5s. Od. Costs
to the Corporation.
SHOPS ACT, 1934.
342 inspections were made under Section 10 of this Act,
relating to sanitary and other arrangements in shops. 53
notices were served where contraventions existed : 64 notices .
were complied with (including 22 outstanding from 1935), and
in 3 cases where restricted accommodation or special circumstances
existed, certificates of exemption were granted.
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
| No. of observations made on chimney shafts | 295 |
| No. of chimney shafts on which observations were made | 23 |
| No. of nuisances observed | 15 |
| No. of notifications of nuisance given to occupiers (Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926) | 15 |