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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

Southgate 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: Six hundred and ninety-six houses were inspected and recorded under the Housing Acts, as follows:—

Six hundred and ninety-six houses were inspected and recorded under the Housing Acts, as follows:—

District No. 1.No. of houses Scheduled.No. Inspected.
1936.1937.
Annual List656565
Biennial List261412
Quinquennial List637125128
District No. 2.
Annual List190182190
Biennial List1034756
Quinquennial List599111114
District No. 3.
Annual List868686
Biennial List2626—
Quinquennial List268—105
Total2,000656696

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Non-Scheduled Houses.—In addition to the above, 885
non-scheduled houses were inspected for housing defects and
insanitary conditions, mostly upon complaint of the occupiers, as
follows:—
1936. 1937.
North-East Ward 143 138
North-West Ward 215 114
Middle Ward 164 182
South Ward 338 451
Total 860 885
Dustbins.—Special inspections, following information supplied
by the dustmen, continue to be made in all parts of the district
and amongst all classes of property, with the object of effecting the
replacement of defective dustbins.
Altogether, 432 premises were visited in this connection, 184
verbal notices, 163 preliminary notices and 6 statutory notices
being served.
These special inspections alone resulted in the provision of
344 new bins, which included a number of bins supplied following
notices served during 1936.
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