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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 1950
[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
Visits.
| (i) | On complaint of dampness or other housing defects | 1,418 |
| (ii) | On complaint of other nuisances | 591 |
| (iii) | Routine inspections | 456 |
| (iv) | Revisits arising from defects found | 8,204 |
| Surveys under Section 157, Housing Act, 1936 | 801 | |
| Conditions Found. | ||
| (i) | Number of dwellings or other premises where defects were found | 1,989 |
| (ii) | Number of cases of overcrowding revealed | 141 |
| (i) | On complaint or request | 179 |
| (ii) | Routine inspections of premises | 441 |
| (iii) | Revisits arising from defects found | 1,049 |
| (iv) | Surveys arising from Rat complaints | 1,313 |
| Inspection of Factories | 995 | |
| (vi) | Inspection of Workplaces | 157 |
| (vii) | Inspection of Outworkers' Premises | 266 |
| Inspection of Cinemas and Places of Entertainment | 73 | |
| (ix) | Inspection of Licensed Premises | 54 |
| Visits under Shops Acts | 1,158 | |
| (xi) | Evening observations under Shops Acts | 46 |
| (xii) | Sunday observations—Shops Acts | 15 |
| (xill) | Observations made for Smoke Nuisances | 12 |
| Conditions Found. | ||
| (i) | Premises visited as a result of (i) and (ii) where defects | |
| or unsatisfactory conditions were found | 184 | |
| Number of premises where action taken by Council's Rodent Operative to deal with rats | 1,179 | |
| (iii) | Number of Factories, Workplaces and/or Outworkers' premises where defects or contraventions were found | 121 |