Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Action Taken (other than under Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919) :
Cautionary or Intimation Notices Issued 3,455
Number complied with 2,995
Statutory Orders issued 697
Number complied with 535
Summonses served 8
Number of convictions obtained 8
Summonses withdrawn 0
„ dismissed 0
Notices under Section 36 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, issued 0
Dwelling Houses and action under Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919:
Number of houses dealt with under Section 15 (Housing, Town Planning, &c.,
Act, 1909) 0
Number of houses dealt with under Section 28 (Housing, Town Planning, &c.,
Act, 1919) 0
Number of houses closed under Section 28 (Housing, Town Planning, &c.,
Act, 1919) 0
Number of houses found to be in a state dangerous or injurious to health, Section
17 (Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909) 3
Number of representations made by Medical Officer of Health, Section 17
(Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909) 3
Number of houses made habitable without closing orders 0
Number of closing orders made by Local Authority, Section 17 (Housing, Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1909) 3
Number of closing orders determined after repairs, Section 17 (Housing, Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1909) 0
Number of houses demolished—
(a) by order of Local Authority, Section 17 (Housing, Town Planning,
&c., Act, 1909) 0
(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 1
Number of Inspections made 11
Number of contraventions 4
Number remedied 4
Canal Boats used as Dwellings:
Number of contraventions of Regulations 5
Number remedied 5
Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, &c.:
Number observed during the year 46
Number of nuisances therefrom abated 9
Number removed from district 42
Bakehouses:
Number in district 62
Number of Inspections 133
Contraventions of Factory Acts 36
Contraventions remedied 35
Slaughter-houses:
Number on register 9
Inspections of carcases, etc. 283
Contraventions of Bye-laws 4
Contraventions remedied 4
Cowsheds:
Number on register 1
Number of inspections made 26
Contraventions of regulations 2
Contraventions remedied 2
Number of milch cows in district 34
Dairies and Milkshops:
Number on register 125
Number of inspections made 308
Frequency of inspection half-yearly
Contraventions of regulations 23
Contraventions remedied 23