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Willesden 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Number of applications received for Certificates2
Number of Certificates granted2
Action Taken (under Housing and Health Acts):
Notice to Inspect (Section 127, Housing Act, 1925)3,388
Cautionary or Intimation Notices Issued3,376
Number complied with2,923
Statutory Orders issued230
Number complied with173
Summonses served0
Number of convictions obtained0
Summonses withdrawn0
„ dismissed0
Houses Let in Lodgings (Tenement Houses):
Number registered under Bye-laws0
Number of contraventions0
Common Lodging Houses:
Number registered under Bye-laws1
Number of Inspections made15
Number of contraventions0
Number remedied0
Canal Boats used as Dwellings:
Number of contraventions of Regulations1
Number remedied1
Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, &c.:
Number observed during the year31
Number of nuisances therefrom abated0
Number removed from district28
Bakehouses:
Number in district58
Number of Inspections204
Contraventions of Factory Acts31
Contraventions remedied27
Slaughter-houses:
Number on register7
Inspections of carcases, etc.374
Contraventions of Bye-laws0
Contraventions remedied0
Cowsheds:
Number on register1
Number of inspections made8
Contraventions of regulations0
Contraventions remedied0
Number of milch cows in district5
Dairies and Milkshops:
Number on register191
Number of inspections made231
Frequency of inspectionhalf-yearly
Contraventions of regulations9
Contraventions remedied9
Unsound Food:
Meat (including organs) surrendered1,038 lbs.
Fish (wet and dried) surrendered612 lbs.
Fruit and vegetables surrendered506 lbs.
Bacon surrendered107 lbs.
Tinned Meat surrendered8 lbs.
Tinned Milk surrendered94 lbs.
Tinned Fish surrendered10 lbs.
Tinned fruit surrendered32 lbs.
Total2,407 lbs.
Method of disposalDestroyed.
Offensive Trades:
Number of premises in district (Rag and Bone Dealers)7
Number of inspections made43
Contravention of Bye-laws1
Contravention remedied1