London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hendon 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Visits paid to Infected houses 641
Infected rooms disinfected 521
Cesspools emptied 166
Notices Served:
Informal or cautionary 980
Complied with 941
Outstanding 1949 39
Statutory Notices:
Applied for 287
Served under Public Health Acts, etc. 202
Complied with 116
Outstanding 86
DISINFESTATION:
Treatment of Verminous Houses.
40 houses were successfully treated.
Privately owned 31
Council houses 9
Inspections were made 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.
FACTORIES ACT, 1937:
Number of inspections 209
Notices served to remedy defects 17
Notices complied with 14
Matters notified by H.M. Inspector of Factories 14
Lists of Outworkers received 57
Outworkers' premises inspected 89
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