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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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Public Health Inspection
The following summary of the inspection work, together with a report on the
various duties performed by the Public Health Inspectors, has been submitted to me
by Mr. P.H. Day, Chief Public Health Inspector.
The following inspections were made during the year
| Dwelling houses (in connection with defects or other insanitary conditions) Caravans | 10,443 93 |
| Certificates of Disrepair (Rent Act, 1957) | 50 |
| Drain Tests | 372 |
| Drainage and Plumbing Works | 691 |
| Overcrowding | 39 |
| Pests | 44 |
| Verminous conditions | 70 |
| 224 | |
| Volumetric Smoke Measuring Apparatus and Deposit Gauge - attendances at | 576 |
| Smoke Control Areas - inspection of premises in | 2, 004 |
| Boiler houses etc. inspections | 19 |
| 50 | |
| Bakery and Confectionery Shops | 50 |
| Butchers Shops | 273 |
| Canteens | 42 |
| Confectionery (Sweet) Shops | 165 |
| Fish Shops | 31 |
| Greengrocers & Fruiterers | 141 |
| Grocery & Provision Shops | 276 |
| Hawkers | 19 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 511 |