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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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table 28Notices served (including Housing Survey)

Table 28

Notices served (including Housing Survey)

Intimation notices served357
Intimation notices complied with378
Statutory notices served (Public Health Act, 1936)1,212
Statutory notices complied with (Public Health Act. 1936)1,299
Statutory notices served (Public Health Act, 1961)30
Statutory notices complied with (Public Health Act, 1961)22
Statutory notices served (Shops Act, 1950)4
Statutory notices complied with (Shops Act, 1950)5
Statutory notices served (Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949)22
Statutory notices complied with (Prevention of Damage bv Pests Act, 1949)19
Statutory notices served (Middlesex County Council Act, 1956)51
Statutory notices complied with (Middlesex County Council Act, 1956)48
Statutory notices served (Housing Act, 1957)194
Statutory notices complied with (Housing Act, 1957)172
Statutory notices served Housing Act, 1961 (Section 15)201
Statutory notices complied with Housing Act, 1961 (Section 15)159
Non-compliance with statutory notices referred to Town Clerk (Public Health Act, 1936 section 93)212
Referred to Borough Engineer for work to be carried out in refault of owners (203 work done by Borough Engineer)360

Table: Table 29Inspections carried out

Table 29

Inspections carried out

Public Health Act
Dwellings—inspected1,472
Dwellings—re-inspected4,622
Visits re accumulations457
Visits re Vermin135
Visits re improper keeping of animals59
Other nuisances including rats1,538
Other Visits721
Housing Acts
House-to-house-—inspections604
House-to-house—re-inspections1,675
Individual houses—inspected82
Individual houses—re-inspected133
Houses in multiple occ.—inspected310
Houses in multiple occ.—re-inspected933
Basement rooms inspected21
Overcrowding visits2,110
Imp. and standard grant inspections73
Houses inspected—special surveys28
Other visits1,263
Rent Act
Dwellings—inspected11
Dwellings—re-inspected11
Other Visits12
Factories Act
Power factories—inspected559
Power factories—re-inspected144
Non-power factories—inspected40
Non-power factories—re-inspected-
Outworkers rooms inspected53
Other visits—building sites, basement bakehouses, etc.30
Food and Drugs
Premises—inspected1,926
Premises—re-inspected721
Visits re unsound food459
Visits re contaminated food248
Clean Air Act
Boiler plant inspected19
Premises inspected in SCAs.5,697
Other visits in SCAs.91
Visits re nuisance from smoke etc.113
Smoke observations72