Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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SANITARY INSPECTIONS 1940.
Housing Inspections & Re-inspections. 2,319
Registered premises, including factories,
workshops, bakehouses, milk shops and
other food shops - Visits & Inspections. 2,253
Infectious Disease - Visits & Inspections. 1,536
Miscellaneous Visits & Inspections,
including various complaints, Rats &
Mice Destruction Act, ditches and
ponds, non-notifiable diseases, etc. 21,377
Visits re Verminous premises 318
27,805
SERVICE OF NOTICES.
Total informal sanitary notices served 1,282
Total informal dustbin notices served 316
Total informal notices served 1,598
Total informal notices complied with 1,160
Total statutory notices served 6
Total statutory notices complied with 6
SANITARY IMPR0VEMENTS. - The following is a summary of
the sanitary improvements effected, and the defects
remedied:
Housing:
Premises cleansed; ceilings repaired,
distempered; walls repaired, redecorated 1,597
Dampness remedied; floors repaired; air
gratings fixed; floor ventilation,
lighting and ventilation improved 397
Roofs, gutters, rainwater pipes repaired 312
Yards repaired or repaved 39
Window frames, door frames, sash cords
repaired or renewed 220