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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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| Rent Act- | |
| Dwellings—inspected | 97 |
| Dwellings—re-inspected | 33 |
| Other Visits | 46 |
| Power factories—inspected | 1,585 |
| Power factories—re-inspected | 266 |
| Non-power factories—inspected | 62 |
| Non-power factories—re-inspected | 3 |
| Outworkers' rooms inspected | 199 |
| Other visits—building sites | 17 |
| Basement bakehouses, etc. | |
| Premises—inspected | 6,290 |
| Premises—re-inspected | 2,580 |
| Visits re unsound food | 208 |
| Visits re contaminated food | 147 |
| Formal and informal sampling | 300 |
| Visits re labelling of food | 228 |
| Visits re Merchandise Marks Act | 440 |
| Boiler plant inspected | 61 |
| Premises inspected in SCAs | 2,192 |
| Other visits in SCAs | 21 |
| Visits re nuisance from smoke, etc | 1,055 |
| Smoke observations | 158 |
| General inspection—office | 1,090 |
| General inspection—-retail shop | 1,039 |
| General inspection—wholesale/warehouse | 158 |
| General inspection—catering establishment | 243 |
| General inspection—fuel storage depot | 1 |
| Re-inspections | 370 |
| Other Visits | 147 |
| Cases investigated | 523 |
| Contacts followed up | 806 |
| Food poisoning enquiries | 167 |
| Other visits | 414 |
| Aged persons | 44 |
| Attendance at Court or Inquiries | 100 |
| Drainage inspections | 1,689 |
| Massage, etc. establishments inspected | 67 |
| Noise nuisance investigations | 864 |
| Places of entertainment inspected | 95 |
| Rag, flock, etc. premises inspected | 10 |
| Unsuccessful visits | 4,804 |
| All other visits | 1,666 |
| Food Hawkers | 418 |
Table 28
Overcrowding
| (a) | Dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 1,218 |
| (b) | Overcrowding relieved during the year | 240 |
| (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 | 42 |
| (ii) Persons | 47 | |
| (e) | Section 80, Housing Act, 1957—licences issued | 2 |