Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT
AND ,
THE INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Statistical Summary
PART I.
Inspections Made and Conditions Found.
HOUSING.
Inspection of Houses.
Visits.
(i) On complaint of dampness or other housing defects 1,843
(ii) On complaint of other nuisances 754
(iii) Routine inspections 436
(iv) Revisits arising from defects found 6,581
(v) Inspections of Foster Parents' premises 14
(vi) Surveys under Section 157, Housing Act, 1936 405
Conditions Found.
(i) Number of dwellings or other premises visited as a
result of (i), (ii), (iii) and (v) where defects were found 1,402
(ii) Number of cases of overcrowding revealed 313
PUBLIC HEALTH.
Inspection of Other Premises.
(i) On complaint or request 96
(ii) Routine inspections of premises 208
(iii) Revisits arising from defects found 227
(iv) Surveys arising from Rat complaints 734
(v) Revisits (rats) 129
(vi) Inspection of Factories 104
(vii) Inspection of Workplaces 88
(viii) Inspection of Outworkers' Premises 99
(ix) Inspection of Cinemas and Places of Entertainment 42
(x) Inspection of Licenced Premises 87
(xi) Visits under Shops Acts 2,902
(xii) Evening observations under Shops Acts 36
(xiii) Sunday observations—Shops Acts 14
(xiv) Observations made for Smoke Nuisances 9
Conditions Found.
(i) Premises visited as result of (i) and (ii), where defects
or unsatisfactory conditions were found 84
(ii) Number of premises where action was taken by Council's
Rodent Operatives to deal with rats—see (iv) above 734
(iii) Number of Factories, Workplaces and/or Outworkers'
premises where defects or contraventions were found
—see (vi), (vii) and (viii) above 14