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 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 |