London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Harrow 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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35
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT
AND
THE INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Statistical Summary
PART I.
Inspections Made and Conditions Found.

Table: HOUSING.Inspection of Houses.Visits.

HOUSING.

Inspection of Houses.

Visits.

(i) On complaint of dampness or other housing defects1,438
(ii) On complaint of other nuisances502
(iii) Routine Inspections473
(iv) Revisits arising from defects found8,446
(v) Inspections of Foster Parents' premises13
(vi) Surveys under Section 157, Housing Act, 1936499
Conditions Found.
(i) Number of dwellings or other premises visited as a result of (i), (ii), (iii), and (v), where defects were found1,324
(ii) Number of cases of overcrowding275

Table: PUBLIC HEALTH. Inspection of Other Premises.

PUBLIC HEALTH. Inspection of Other Premises.

(i) On complaint or request94
(ii) Routine inspections of premises232
(iii) Revisits arising from defects found313
(iv) Surveys arising from Rat complaints766
(v) Inspection of Factories804
(vi) Inspection of Workplaces130
(vii) Inspection of Outworkers' Premises399
(viii) Inspection of Cinemas and Places of Entertainment52
(ix) Inspection of Licensed Premises53
(x) Visits under Shops Acts1,808
(xi) Evening observations under Shops Act37
(xii) Sunday observations—Shops Acts6
(xiii) Observations made for Smoke Nuisances8
Conditions Found.
(i) Premises visited as result of (i) and (ii) where defects or unsatisfactory conditions were found89
(ii) Number of premises where action taken by Council's Rodent Operatives to deal with rats—see (iv) above728
(iii) Number of Factories, Workplaces and/or Outworkers' premises where defects or contraventions were found—see (vi), (vii) and (viii) above98