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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
Hornchurch 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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| Number of visits paid (including contacts) | 702 |
| Informal | 304 |
| Statutory | 119 |
The main headings under which work was done may be noted as follows:
| Housing | 2,134 visits |
| Inspection of Food and Food Premises | 2,827 „ |
| General Sanitation | 3,591 „ |
| Infectious Diseases | 702 „ |
| Shops Act Inspections | 873 „ |
| Factories and Outworkers | 361 „ |
Public Health Inspectors' Work.
Largely due to the claims of smoke control but also aided by the
improved standards now existing in food premises, fewer visits were
paid under Food Inspection auspices and many more in connection with
Atmospheric Pollution.
The routine work of a Department always tends to suffer in times
of specialised effort and this trend is not material so long as the effect
upon the routine does not go beyond a certain limit.
The general work of the Inspectorate was, I consider, of a high
order.
Shops Act, 1950.
The number of shops on the register at the end of the year was
1,144.
Nineteen notices were served during the year regarding contraventions
of the Act.