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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT
AND
THE INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
STATISTICAL SUMMARY
PART I
Inspections Made and Conditions Found
HOUSING
Inspection of Houses
Visits
(i) On complaint of dampness or other housing defects 881
(ii) On complaint of other nuisances 587
(iii) Routine inspections 683
(iv) Revisits arising from defects found 5,067
(v) Surveys under S. 157 Housing Act, 1936 171
Conditions Found
(i) Number of dwellings or other premises where defects
were found 1,327
(ii) Number of cases of overcrowding revealed 30
PUBLIC HEALTH
Inspection of Other Premises
Visits
(i,) On complaint or request 175
(ii) Routine inspections of premises 682
(iii) Revisits arising from defects found 865
(iv) Surveys arising from Rat and Mice complaints 1,301
(v) Inspection of Factories 415
(vi) Inspection of Workplaces 38
(vii) Inspection of Outworkers' Premises 334
(viii) Inspection of Cinemas and Places of Entertainment 63
(ix) Inspection of Licensed Premises 93
(x) Visits under Shops Acts 1,496
(xi) Evening observations under Shops Acts 22
(xii) Sunday observations—Shops Acts 13
(xiii) Observations made for Smoke Nuisances 82