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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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(v) Contravention of Shops Acts—
(a) Failure to observe closing hours25
(b) Other contraventions (failure to exhibit notices, etc.)98
FOOD HYGIENE Inspection of Food, Food Shops, and Food Preparing Places.
Visits.
(i) Slaughterhouses22
(ii) Butchers Shops562
(iii) Cowsheds22
(iv) Dairies142
(v) Fish Shops265
(vi) Bakehouses164
(vii) Cafes and Restaurants597
(viii) Ice Cream Premises517
(ix) Provision Merchants901
(x) Other Food Premises225
PART II. COMPLAINTS RECEIVED
Summary.
Accumulations of refuse112
Animals causing a nuisance34
Dampness158
Drains and Sewers—choked106
defective120
Dustbins defective107
Houses with defects548
Flooding—Gardens36
Vermin34
Insect infestations47
Overcrowding, alleged299
Shelters and Static Tanks unsatisfactory3
Smoke nuisances9
Water courses24
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 work46
(ii) Dwellings reported under S. 11 as being unfit for human habitation2