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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Sanitary Inspection of the Area.

Table: Tabular summary of the work of the Sanitary Department during the year and action taken under the Public Health Acts, Housing Acts, etc.

Tabular summary of the work of the Sanitary Department during the year and action taken under the Public Health Acts, Housing Acts, etc.

Inspections :
Number of premises inspected on complaint3,265
Number of premises inspected in connection with infectious diseases53
Number of periodical inspections of premises4,031
Houses inspected from House to House (Housing Acts)1,237
For Certificates or Reports under the Rent Acts -
Public House Urinals224
Mews and Stables426
Miscellaneous240
Total number of inspections and re-inspections made27,984
Smoke Observations105
Action under Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts, 1920-1933 :
Number of applications received for Certificates -
Number of Certificates granted-
Number of Certificates refused-
Number of applications withdrawn-
Number of applications for Reports -
Number of Reports granted——
Action taken {under Housing Acts and Health Acts) :
Notice to Inspect (Section 127, Housing Act, 1925)2,315
Cautionary or Intimation Notices issued2,489
Number complied with2,324
Statutory Orders issued104
Number complied with72*
Summonses served0
Number of convictions obtained0
Summonses withdrawn 0
,, dismissed0
* Includes a certain number issued in 1935
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 made17
Number of contraventions0
Number remedied0
Canal Boats used as Dwellings:
Number of contraventions of Regulations0
Number remedied0
Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, etc:
Number observed during the year1
Number of nuisances therefrom abated0
Number removed from district0
Bakehouses:
Number in district60
Number of Inspections 153
Contraventions of Factory Acts17
Contraventions remedied17
Slaughter-houses:
Number on register5
Inspections of carcases, etc216
Contraventions of Bye-laws0
Contraventions remedied0
Cowsheds:
Number on register0
Number of milch cows in district0