London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnet 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Rural District]
This page requires JavaScript
PARTICULARS OF INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR
| Housing inspections | - |
| Housing re-inspections | 48 |
| Public Health Act inspections | 43 |
| Public Health Act re-inspections | 95 |
| Visits re overcrowding, including computation of permitted numbers | 67 |
| Visits in respect of:— | |
| Infectious diseases | 62 |
| Verminous premises | 15 |
| Accumulations | 30 |
| Animals | 7 |
| Bakehouses | 6 |
| Dirty houses | 9 |
| Drainage | 220 |
| Factories | 28 |
| Smoke | 3 |
| Outworkers | - |
| Offensive Trades | 2 |
| Water supply | 11 |
| Cowsheds | 89 |
| Dairies | 106 |
| Milkshops | 19 |
| Food Preparers | 24 |
| Slaughterhouses | 42 |
| Stables and Piggeries | 2 |
| Ice Cream Manufacturers and Dealers | 7 |
| Dustbins | 13 |
| Tents, Vans and Sheds (Moveable dwellings) | 26 |
| Passage Paving | 6 |
| Offices | 1 |
| Conveniences | 17 |
| Rats | 2 |
| Shops | 10 |
| Milk Samples | 4 |
| Other inspections | 6 |
| Total | 1,020 |