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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

Barnet 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]

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Table: SUMMARY OP SANITA R Y WORK PERFORMED IN CONNECTION WITH INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.

SUMMARY OP SANITA R Y WORK PERFORMED IN CONNECTION WITH INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.

HOUSES-INSPECTION.
Houses inspected in routine201
" " on Complaint92
Visits re Infections Diseases65
Common Lodging Houses inspected18
Schools, visits to9
TRADE PREMISES-VISITS.
Bakehouses24
Laundries9
Cowsheds18
Milkshops8
Ice Cream Shops2
Food Manufactories14
Slaughter Houses62
Markets4
Other Factories19
" Workshops and Workplaces47
Visits to works in progress388

Table: REMEDIAL WORKS.

REMEDIAL WORKS.

HOUSES-
Houses Disinfected (rooms)76
" Cleansed2
" Closed2
" Demolished2
11 in which overcrowding abated1
V?alls damp and defective, remedied8
Roof, guttering or spouting repaired16
Windows made to open2
Lighting improvedNil
Ventilation improved1
DRAINAGE-
Water Closets repaired21
W.C's supplied with water2
Cisterns and Flushing apparatus repaired or renewed26
Pipes disconnected, sink etc.1
Drains reconstructed9
"tested by water (length)45
" " smoke21
Houses connected to sewer8
Cesspools emptied5