London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Willesden 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Number of closing orders made by L.A.
(Section 17) ... ... ... ... 48
Number of houses closed voluntarily ... 0
Number of closing- orders determined after
repairs (Section 17) ... ... ... 24*
Number of houses demolished—
(a) by order of L.A. (Section 17) ... 1†
(b) voluntarily ... ... ... ... 0
Illegal underground rooms vacated ... 0
Houses Let in Lodgings (Tenement Houses):
Number registered under Bye-laws ... 0
Number of contraventions ... ... ... 0
Common Lodging Houses:
Number registered under Bye-laws .. 2
Number of inspections made ... ... 25
Number of contraventions ... ... 3
Canal Boats used as Dwellings:
Number inspected under the Acts ... ... 83
Number of contraventions of Regulations ... 10
Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, &c.:
Number observed during the year ... ... 4
Number of nuisances therefrom abated 0
Number removed from district ... ... 4
Bakehouses:
Number in district ... ... ... ... 68
Contraventions of Factory Acts ... ... 47
Slaughter-houses:
Number on register ... ... ... ... 9
Number of inspections made... ... ... 411
Frequency of inspection ... ... ... weekly
Contraventions of Bye-laws ... ... ... 0
*21 of which were closed during the year 1913.
†Closed during the year 1913.