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Hendon 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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The following summary of the inspection work performed
by the Sanitary Inspectors in connection with environmental
health, food inspection, etc., has been submitted to me by Mr.
A. H. Smith, Chief Sanitary Inspector.
In the report for 1950 attention was drawn to the increasing
difficulty in getting essential work carried out due to the
continued rise in the cost of material, labour, etc., whilst the
rents of controlled dwellings remain stationary.
These factors still prevail to-day to even a greater extent.

During the course of the year under review inspections were carried out as set out below:—

Inspections made6,220
Re-inspections after order or notice11,322
Complaints received and investigated1738
Bakehouses87
Butchers Shops433
Caravans47
Dairies81
Drain Tests232
Factories222
Hawkers and Food Delivery Vans69
Hawkers Storage Premises and Stalls
Ice Cream samples108
Ice Cream Premises114
Infectious Disease449
Licensed Premises62
Milk Samples242
Other Food Shops1,337
Overcrowding149
Outworkers79
Piggeries26
Public Entertainment in connection with licensing96
Restaurants, Cafes, etc.287
Smoke Observations82
Stables2
Swimming Baths35
Notices Served:
Informal or cautionary937
Complied with809