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Harrow 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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28
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT.
The activities of the sanitary inspectors may be divided into three
main categories, viz., housing inspection ; inspection and supervision of
other premises; and the inspection and supervision of food.
The following table is a summary of the visits paid for various
purposes:—

Table: A. Inspection of Houses :—

A. Inspection of Houses :—

(a) Public Health Acts.
On complaint of defects1,012
On complaint of other nuisances773
Routine inspections296
Number defective863
Revisits5,174
Inspections of foster parents' premises20
Visits to verminous premises154
(b) Housing Act.
Routine inspections—
On complaint of defects15
Not in all respects fit15
Unfit for human habitation1
Revisits41
Surveys under S. 157, 1936 Act109
Number of cases of overcrowding96
Inspections of houses-let-in-lodgings-
B. Inspection, Visits, etc., to Other Premises :—
On complaint43
Number of routine inspections of premises liable to give
rise to nuisance144
Revisits126
Number of complaints of rats investigated (primary visits)631
Number of revisits501
Number of visits re food poisoning or small pox contacts163
Number of observations for smoke nuisances3
Number of inspections of factories (mechanical)80
do. do. factories (non-mechanical)16
do. do. workplaces10
do. do. outworkers' premises63
do. do. cinemas and places of entertain
ment37
do. do. hairdressers' premises6
Number of visits under Shops, etc., Acts8
Number of evening observations under Shops Acts—
Number of visits to premises where rag flock used—