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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
Southall-Norwood 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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Sanitary Inspection of the District.
The total number of inspections of premises made in connection with
the work of the Health Department during the year was 9387.
The following table shows an analysis of the number and nature of
such inspections:—
Table No. 18.
| Visits and re-visits to premises on complaints | 456 |
| Houses inspected re house-to-house inspections | 1027 |
| No. of inspections and re-inspections of houses and premises, &c | 3549 |
| Slaughterhouses | 139 |
| Factories, workshops, workplaces and outworkers | 287 |
| Visits to canal for canal boat inspections | 46 |
| Drain tests | 66 |
| Petroleum and carbide stores | 78 |
| Food sampling | 262 |
| Dairies and milkshops | 361 |
| Bakehouses | 84 |
| Other premises where food is prepared | 2226 |
| Smoke observations | 13 |
| Piggeries | 16 |
| Tents, vans, sheds, &c. | 34 |
| Deposits and accumulations of refuse | 279 |
| Schools | 16 |
| Stables | 22 |
| Overcrowding | 84 |
| Vermin | 41 |
| Cinemas, cafes, public houses, &c. | 16 |
| Hairdressers' shops | 29 |
| Miscellaneous | 235 |
| Total | 93661 |
*In addition, 84 inspections were made under the Shops Acts with
regard to closing hours.
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