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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 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]

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default, specifying the works necessary to remedy the defects found, is
usually followed. It was found necessary to ask your authority to
serve sixty-four Statutory Notices, where persons failed to comply with
the preliminary notice, or the strict legal procedure was necessary in
the first instance.

Table: SANITARY INSPECTION OF AREA.The following is a list of the number and nature of visits and inspections:-

SANITARY INSPECTION OF AREA.

The following is a list of the number and nature of visits and inspections:-

Visitsre:Housing Acts706
Visitsre:nuisance and sanitary defects907
Visitsre:infectious diseases232
Visitsre:Petroleum Acts178
Visitsre:factories179
Visitsre:outworkers' premises10
Visitsre:food manufactories, cafes, etc373
Visitsre:ice cream and sampling146
Visitsre:overcrowding5
Visitsre:aged and infirm persons129
Visitstoinspect meat and other foods617
Visitsre:schools10
Visitsre:pollution of watercourses25
Visitsre:Rent Acts84
Visitsre:Smoke observations59
Visitsre:Tents, Caravans and Sheds28
Visitsre:Shops Acts115
Visitsre:keeping of animals41
Visitsre:Rodent Infestations2,138
Visitsre:other infestations78
Miscellaneous visits102

Table: NUMBER OP NOTICES SERVED DURING YEAR.

NUMBER OP NOTICES SERVED DURING YEAR.

Number of Informal Notices146
Number of Statutory Notices64
Informal Notices complied with103
Statutory Notices complied with66

Table: SANITARY WORK AND REPAIRS.The following is a list of repairs effected as a result of informal and formal notices served.

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 weatherproof57
Gutters, downspouts repaired or renewed65
Exterior brickwork repaired or repointed171
Walls, dampness remedied99
Chimney stacks and pots repaired or renewed20
Yard surfaces repaired or repaved18