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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(iii) Number of Factories, Workplaces and/or Outworkers'
Premises where defects or contraventions were found 108
(iv) Number of Cinemas and/or Licensed Premises where
defects were found 32
(v) Contravention of Shops Acts—
(a) Failure to observe closing hours 17
(b) Other contraventions (failure to exhibit notices,
etc.) 570
FOOD HYGIENE
Inspection of Food, Food Shops, and Food Preparing Places.
Visits.
(i) Slaughterhouses 48
(ii) Butchers' Shops 488
(iii) Cowsheds 8
(iv) Dairies 101
(v) Fish Shops 284
(vi) Bakehouses 146
(vii) Cafes and Restaurants 395
(viii) Ice Cream Premises 328
(ix) Provision Merchants 799
(x) Greengrocers 358
(xi) Other Food Premises 201
PART II.
COMPLAINTS RECEIVED
Summary.
Accumulations of refuse 84
Animals causing a nuisance 23
Dampness and Housing Defects 656
Drains and Sewers—choked 73
defective 97
Dustbins defective 130
Flooding—Gardens 42
Vermin 89
Insect infestations 166
Overcrowding, alleged 116
Smoke nuisances 11
Water courses 4
Other complaints (pig bins, wasps' nests, defective fences) 245
Food unfit (excluding requests received from shops to visit
and inspect unfit food) 37