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Willesden 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
Tabular summary of the work of the Sanitary Department during the year and action taken wider
the Public Health Acts, Housing Acts, etc.
Inspections:
Number of premises inspected on complaint 3,140
Number of premises inspected in connection with infectious diseases 38
Number of periodical inspections of premises 3,907
Houses inspected from House to House (Housing Acts) 1,514
For Certificates or Reports under the Rent Acts 3
Public House Urinals 174
Mews and Stables 412
Miscellaneous 622
Total number of inspections and re-inspections made 35,575
Smoke Observations 266
Action under Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts, 1920-1933:
Number of applications received for Certificates 4
Number of Certificates granted 3
Number of Certificates refused —
Number of applications withdrawn 1
Number of applications for Reports —
Number of Reports granted —
Action taken (under Housing Acts and Health Acts):
Notice to Inspect (Section 157, Housing Act, 1936) 3,343
Cautionary or Intimation Notices issued 2,971
Number complied with 2,596
Statutory Orders issued 244
Number complied with 172*
Summonses served 3
Number of convictions obtained 3
Summonses withdrawn 0
,, dismissed 0
* Includes a certain number issued in 1937.
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 27
Number of contraventions 0
Number remedied 0
Canal Boats used as Dwellings:
Number of contraventions of Regulations -
Number remedied -
Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, etc.:
Number observed during the year 0
Number of nuisances therefrom abated 0
Number removed from district 0
Bakehouses:
Number in district 62
Number of Inspections 184
Contraventions of Factory Acts 30
Contraventions remedied 25
Slaughter-houses:
Number on register 3
Inspections of carcases, etc. 180
Contraventions of Bye-laws 1
Contraventions remedied 1
Cowsheds:
Number on register 0
Number of milch cows in district 0