London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Brent 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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| Rent Act- | |
| Dwellings—inspected | 20 |
| Dwellings—re-inspected | 37 |
| Other Visits | 23 |
| Power factories—inspected | 1,827 |
| Power factories—re-inspected | 252 |
| Non-power factories—inspected | 62 |
| Non-power factories—re-inspected | 4 |
| Outworkers' rooms inspected | 283 |
| Other visits—building sites | 17 |
| Basement bakehouses, etc. | |
| Premises—inspected | 5,416 |
| Premises—re-inspected | 1,633 |
| Visits re unsound food | 54 |
| Visits re contaminated food | 180 |
| Formal and informal sampling | 438 |
| Visits re labelling of food | 369 |
| Visits re Merchandise Marks Act | 713 |
| Boiler plant inspected | 80 |
| Premises inspected in SCAs | 5,612 |
| Other visits in SCAs | 66 |
| Visits re nuisance from smoke, etc | 1,121 |
| Smoke observations | 201 |
| General inspection—office | 1,318 |
| General inspection—retail shop | 935 |
| General inspection—wholesale/warehouse | 148 |
| General inspection—catering establishment | 256 |
| General inspection—fuel storage depot | 2 |
| Re-inspections | 348 |
| Other Visits | 218 |
| Cases investigated | 284 |
| Contacts followed up | 358 |
| Food poisoning enquiries | 85 |
| Other visits | 129 |
| Aged persons | 51 |
| Attendance at Court or Inquiries | 131 |
| Drainage inspections | 1,919 |
| Massage, etc. establishments inspected | 52 |
| Noise nuisance investigations | 1,111 |
| Places of entertainment inspected | 73 |
| Rag, flock, etc. premises inspected | 11 |
| Unsuccessful visits | 7,335 |
| All other visits | 1,444 |
| Food Hawkers | 349 |
Table 28 Overcrowding
| (a) Dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 988 |
| (b) Overcrowding relieved during the year | 306 |
| (c) Dwelling houses which have again become overcrowded after the local authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding | Not known |
| (d) (i) Council houses found to be overcrowded at end of year | 51 |
| (ii) Persons | 210 |
| (e) Section 80, Housing Act, 1957—licences issued | 2 |