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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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person in default, specifying the works necessary to remedy the defects found, is
usually followed. It was found necessary to ask your authority to serve only
twenty-eight Statutory Notices, where persons failed to comply with the preliminary
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: nuisance and sanitary defects | 1475 |
| Visits re: infectious diseases | 281 |
| Visits and inspection under petroleum Acts | 134 |
| Visits to factories | 66 |
| Visits to outworkers premises | 23 |
| Visits to food manufactories, cafes etc. | 232 |
| Visits re: ice cream and sampling | 165 |
| Visits re: overcrowding | 36 |
| Visits to inspect meat and other foods | 227 |
| Visits to Schools | 15 |
| Visits re: pollution of watercourses | 117 |
| Visits to Tents, Caravans and Sheds | 109 |
| Visits under Shops Act | 30 |
| Visits re: keeping of animals | 75 |
| Visits re: Rodent Infestations | 1921 |
| Visits re: other infestations | 75 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 135 |
NUMBER OF NOTICES SERVED DURING YEAR.
| Number of Informal Notices | 125 |
| Number of Statutory Notices | 28 |
| Informal Notices complied with | 117 |
| Statutory Notices complied with | 22 |
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 | 30 |
| Gutters, downspouts repaired or renewed | 32 |
| Exterior brickwork repaired or repointed | 21 |
| Walls, dampness remedied | 32 |
| Chimney stacks and post repaired or renewed | 11 |
| Yard surfaces repaired or repaved | 3 |
| Ceilings repaired or renewed | 39 |
| Wall plaster repaired renewed | 28 |
| Walls and ceilings cleansed and decorated | 53 |
| Floors repaired or renewed | 15 |
| Sub-floor ventilation rectified | 2 |
| Doors and frames repaired or renewed | 14 |
| Windows repaired | 30 |
| Stair treads and balusters repaired | 16 |
| Fireplaces repaired or renewed | 6 |
| Drains cleared | 45 |