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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
Barnes 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 1.—Showing the Number and Nature of the Inspections
made by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1939, the Number of Notices Served in Respect of Defects found in the Course of Inspection, and the Number of Notices complied with.
| Nature of Inspections. | Number of Premises Visited. | Number of Visits of Inspection and Re-inspection | Action taken in respect of defective conditions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Informal Notices. | Statutory Notices | |||||
| Number issued. | Complied with. | Number issued. | Complied with. | |||
| Dairies | 44 | 14 | — | — | — | — |
| Milkshops | 42 | 64 | — | — | — | — |
| Butchers' Shops | 33 | 235 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Fishmongers and Poulterers | 18 | 23 | — | — | — | — |
| Greengrocers | 51 | 108 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Cooked- provision shops | 36 | 179 | — | — | — | — |
| Ice-cream shops | 48 | 66 | — | — | — | —_ |
| Restaurants | 34 | 45 | 3 | 3 | _ | — |
| Fried-fish shops | 5 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 1 | 56 | — | — | — | — |
| Bakehouses | 14 | 33 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Factories:— Mechanical | 93 | 119 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Non-mechanic'l | 42 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Workplaces | 27 | 80 | — | — | — | — |
| Home-workers | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Schools | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Public Halls and Cinemas | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Van Dwellers | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Servants' Registries | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Marine Stores | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stable Yards | 30 | 51 | — | — | — | — |
| Public Conveniences | 40 | 74 | — | — | — | — |
| Passageways | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — |
| Dwelling-houses (including houses let in lodgings) | ||||||
| (1) House - to-House Inspection | 94 | 2622 | 407 | 322 | - | - |
| (2) Inspected on complaint | 273 | |||||
| (3) Inspected in course of other work:— | — | |||||
| (a) Housing work, etc | 230 | |||||
| (b) For infectious diseases | 15 | |||||
| Totals | 1162 | 3857 | 417 | 331 | 1 | 1 |