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Southgate 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Factories and Workshops.
Notices posted 14
Walls cleansed and limewashed 26
Ceilings cleansed and limewashed 24
Floors repaired 4
W.C. pans provided 11
W.C. cisterns repaired or renewed 8
W.C. cone joints repaired or renewed 20
W.C.'s cleansed and limewashed 14
Shops.
Walls cleansed 14
Floors cleansed 6
Accumulations removed 22
Yards repaired, paved or drained 2
W.C.'s cleansed 18
W.C.'s repaired or renewed 3
Notices posted 126
Miscellaneous.
Cesspools emptied and cleansed 19
Cesspools abolished 11
Accumulations of refuse and manure removed 54
Nuisances from keeping of animals abated 5
Foul ditches, ponds and stagnant water abated 4
Moveable dwellings (vans and tents) removed 11
Smoke nuisances abated 16
House-to-House Inspection.—The number of houses inspected
under the Housing Schedules has risen somewhat during the year.
As will be seen from the Table set out below, some further amendments
have been made to these various Schedules. In such a district
as Southgate, it would be unwise to maintain the Schedules in
a static condition. The face of the district is continually changing,
and it is therefore necessary to readjust our outlook from time to
time with regard to the desirability of official visits at regular
intervals.
Six hundred and fifty-six houses were inspected and recorded
under the Housing Acts, as follows :—
53