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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 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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12.

Table: NOTICES SERVED.

NOTICES SERVED.

Informal or cautionary421
Complied with398
Outstanding 194323

Table: STATUTORY NOTICES.

STATUTORY NOTICES.

Applied for67
Served under Public Health Acts, etc.27
Outstanding from 19423
Complied with26
Outstanding 19434

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DISINFESTATIQN.
Treatment of Verminous houses.

Table: The following houses were successfully treated:-

The following houses were successfully treated:-

Privately-owned50
Council houses3

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Inspections wore Dade of furniture and bedding and rooms in the
occupation of tenants before their removal into Council houses and disinfestation
was performed where necessary.
Work of disinfestation is done by the Local authority and where
verminous conditions were discovered, these cases were followed up after removal.

Table: FACTORIES ACT, 1937.

FACTORIES ACT, 1937.

Number of inspections211
Notices served to remedy defects29
Notices complied with26
Matters notified by H.M. Inspector of Factories24
Lists of Outworkers received30
Outworkers premises inspected29

Table: Nature of defects remedied at Factories:-Sanitary Accomodation.

Nature of defects remedied at Factories:-

Sanitary Accomodation.

Insufficient8
Unsuitable or defective10
Improperly ventilated or unventilated23
Want of Cleanliness16
Inadequate ventilation6
Inadequate lighting5
Other offences15

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WATER,
Swinging Pools.
At the Council's swimming pools the water is treated by modern
purification and filtration plant. Tests for chlorine content are made daily.