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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(iv) | Number of Cinemas and/or Licensed Premises where defects were found | 30 |
(v) | Contravention of Shops Acts— | |
(a) Failure to observe closing hours | 2 | |
(b) Other contraventions (failure to exhibit notices, etc.) | 530 |
FOOD HYGIENE Inspection of Food : Food Shops and Food Preparing Places
Visits
(i) | Slaughterhouses | 29 |
(ii) | Butchers' Shops | 395 |
(iii) | Cowsheds | 9 |
(iv) | Dairies | 79 |
(v) | Fish Shops | 222 |
(vi) | Bakehouses | 124 |
(vii) | Cafes and Restaurants | 351 |
(viii) | Ice Cream Premises | 231 |
(ix) | Provision Merchants | 591 |
(x) | Greengrocers | 342 |
(xi) | Other Food Premises | 182 |
PART II COMPLAINTS RECEIVED
Summary
Accumulations of refuse | 94 |
Animals causing a nuisance | 25 |
Dampness and Housing defects | 582 |
Drains and Sewers—choked | 90 |
defective | 95 |
Dustbins defective | 68 |
Flooding—Gardens | 17 |
Vermin | 52 |
Insect infestations | 88 |
Overcrowding, alleged | 102 |
Smoke nuisances | 26 |
Water course | 7 |
Other complaints (pig bins, wasps' nests, defective fences) | 184 |
Food unfit (excluding requests received from shops to visit and inspect unfit food) | 38 |