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Barnet 1960

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

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to the staff of the Public Health Department for their able assistance
and continuing support, and to all the Officers of the Council for their
co-operation throughout the year.
INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
General inspections of the district have been carried out periodically
and all complaints investigated.
The process of serving a preliminary or intimation notice upon the
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 nineteen 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: Housing Acts167
Visits re: nuisance and sanitary defects731
Visits re: infectious diseases390
Visits re: Petroleum Acts136
Visits re: factories131
Visits re: outworkers' premises7
Visits re: food manufactories, cafes, etc.632
Visits re: ice cream and sampling181
Visits re: overcrowding3
Visits re: aged and infirm persons14
Visits to inspect meat and other foods611
Visits re: schools5
Visits re: pollution of watercourses7
Visits re: Rent Acts.42
Visits re: Clean Air Act.993
Visits re: Tents, Caravans and Sheds.23
Visits re: Shops Acts62
Visits re: keeping of animals11
Visits re: rodent infestations1,389
Visits re: other infestations263
Miscellaneous visits146

NUMBER OF NOTICES SERVED DURING YEAR.

Number of Informal Notices99
Number of Statutory Notices19
Informal Notices complied with95
Statutory Notices complied with18