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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(v) Contravention of Shops Acts— | |
25 | |
(b) Other contraventions (failure to exhibit notices, etc.) | 98 |
Visits. | |
(i) Slaughterhouses | 22 |
(ii) Butchers Shops | 562 |
(iii) Cowsheds | 22 |
(iv) Dairies | 142 |
(v) Fish Shops | 265 |
(vi) Bakehouses | 164 |
(vii) Cafes and Restaurants | 597 |
(viii) Ice Cream Premises | 517 |
(ix) Provision Merchants | 901 |
(x) Other Food Premises | 225 |
PART II. COMPLAINTS RECEIVED | |
Accumulations of refuse | 112 |
Animals causing a nuisance | 34 |
Dampness | 158 |
Drains and Sewers—choked | 106 |
defective | 120 |
Dustbins defective | 107 |
Houses with defects | 548 |
Flooding—Gardens | 36 |
Vermin | 34 |
Insect infestations | 47 |
Overcrowding, alleged | 299 |
Shelters and Static Tanks unsatisfactory | 3 |
Smoke nuisances | 9 |
Water courses | 24 |
Other complaints (pig bins, wasps' nests, defective fences) | 156 |
Food unfit (excluding requests received from shops to visit and inspect unfit food) | 60 |
PART III. NOTICES SERVED | |
Under Housing Act, 1936. | |
(i) Statutory notices served under S. 9 requiring execution of repair work | 46 |
(ii) Dwellings reported under S. 11 as being unfit for human habitation | 2 |