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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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notice, or the strict legal procedure was necessary in the first instance.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF AREA.
The following is a list of the number and nature of visits and inspections:
| Visits re: nuisances and sanitary defects | 1299 |
| Visits re: infectious diseases | 136 |
| Visits and inspections under Petroleum Acts | 43 |
| Visits to factories | 36 |
| Visits to Outworkers' premises | 15 |
| Visits to dairies and milkshops | 28 |
| Visits to food manufactories, cafes etc | 172 |
| Visits to public halls, cinemas etc | 20 |
| Visits re: Overcrowding Survey | 101 |
| "Permitted Number" Certificates issued under Housing Act, 1936 | 60 |
| Visits to inspect meat and other foods | 127 |
| Visits to Schools | 37 |
| Visits re: pollution of watercourses | 70 |
| Visits re: Smoke Nuisances | 71 |
| Visits to Tents, Caravans and Sheds | 71 |
| Visits under Shops Act | 76 |
| Visits re: Animals etc., improperly kept | 100 |
| Visits re: Rodent Infestations | 1415 |
| Visits re: other infestations | 34 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 145 |
NUMBER OF NOTICES SERVED DURING YEAR.
| Number of Informal Notices | 192 |
| Number of Statutory Notices | 28 |
| Informal Notices complied with | 176 |
| Statutory Notices complied with | 20 |
The Council instituted proceedings,at the Barnet Petty Sessions,
against the agents for the owners of four houses to enforce the repairs
required by Abatement Notices, served by the Council, under the Public
Health Act, 1936, which had not been carried out within the prescribed
period. The cases were proved to the satisfaction of the Court,
Nuisances Orders being made which were duly complied with.
SANITARY WORK AND REPAIRS,
The following is a list of repairs effected as a result of informal and formal notices served:
| Roofs repaired and made weatherproof | 38 |
| Gutters, downspouts repaired or renewed | 28 |
| Exterior brickwork repaired or repointed | 31 |
| Walls, dampness remedied | 44 |