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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(iv) Number of Cinemas and/or Licenced premises where
defects were found—see (ix) and (x) page 19 26
(v) Contraventions of Shops Acts—
(a) Failure to observe closing house 29
(b) Other contraventions (failure to exhibit notices,
etc.) 563
FOOD HYGIENE.
Inspection of Food, Food Shops, and Food Preparing Places.
Visits.
(i) Slaughterhouses 33
(ii) Butchers' Shops 555
(iii) Cowsheds 31
(iv) Dairies 92
(v) Fish Shops 168
(vi) Fried Fish Shops 42
(vii) Bakehouses 97
(viii) Cafes and Restaurants 226
(ix) Ice Cream Premises 316
(x) Provision Merchants 523
(xi) Bakers and Confectioners 117
(xii) Other Food Premises 141
Conditions Found.
See Section dealing with Food, Food Shops and Food
Preparing Places.
PART II.
COMPLAINTS RECEIVED.
Summary of Complaints Received.
Accumulations of refuse 114
Animals causing a nuisance 65
Dampness 127
Drains and Sewers—Choked 269
Defective 160
Dustbins defective 270
Houses with defects 525
Plumbing defects 240
Flooding—gardens 16
Vermin 59
Insect infestations 69
Overcrowding, alleged 402
Shelters and Static tanks unsatisfactory 43
Smoke nuisances 9
Water Courses 3
Defective Water-closets 79
Other complaints (pig bins, wasps' nests, defective fences) 191
Food unfit (excluding requests received from shops to visit
and inspect unfit food) 36