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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Conditions Found
(i) Premises visited as a result of (i) and (ii) where defects or unsatisfactory conditions were found | 174 |
(ii) Number of premises where action taken by Council's Rodent Operatives to deal with rats or mice | 1,313 |
(iii) Number of Factories, Workplaces and/or Outworkers' Premises where defects or contraventions were found | 27 |
(iv) Number of Cinemas and/or Licensed Premises where defects were found | 38 |
(v) Contravention of Shops Acts— | |
(a) Failure to observe closing hours | 5 |
(b) Other contraventions (failure to exhibit notices, etc.) | 292 |
FOOD HYGIENE Inspection of Food: Food Shops, and Food Preparing Places
Visits
(i) Slaughterhouses | 185 |
(ii) Butchers' Shops | 512 |
(iii) Cowsheds | 14 |
(iv) Dairies | 60 |
(v) Fish Shops | 199 |
(vi) Bakehouses | 170 |
(vii) Cafes and Restaurants | 374 |
(viii) Ice Cream Premises | 293 |
(ix) Provision Merchants | 704 |
(x) Greengrocers | 378 |
(xi) Other Food Premises | 197 |
COMPLAINTS RECEIVED | |
Summary | |
Accumulations of refuse | 90 |
Animals causing a nuisance | 12 |
Dampness and housing defects | 601 |
Drains and Sewers—choked | 108 |
defective | 136 |
Dustbins defective | 105 |
Flooding—Gardens | 19 |
Vermin | 50 |
Insect infestations | 104 |
Overcrowding, alleged | 55 |
Smoke nuisances | 24 |
Water courses | 6 |
Other complaints wasps' nests, defective fences) | 241 |
Food unfit (excluding requests received from shops to inspect unfit food) | 42 |