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 | 55 |
Other Visits | 40 |
Power factories—inspected | 1,604 |
Power factories—re-inspected | 382 |
Non-power factories—inspected | 43 |
Non-power factories—re-inspected | 3 |
Outworkers' rooms inspected | 186 |
Other visits—building sites | 46 |
Basement bakehouses, etc. | |
Premises—inspected | 6,991 |
Premises—re-inspected | 5,463 |
Visits re unsound food | 328 |
Visits re contaminated food | 386 |
Formal and informal sampling | 422 |
Visits re labelling of food | 176 |
Visits re Merchandise Marks Act | 332 |
Boiler plant inspected | 88 |
Premises inspected in SCAs | 224 |
Other visits in SCAs | 24 |
Visits re nuisance from smoke, etc | 690 |
Smoke observations | 269 |
General inspection—office | 974 |
General inspection—retail shop | 920 |
General inspection—wholesale/warehouse | 160 |
General inspection—catering establishment | 162 |
General inspection—fuel storage depot | 1 |
Re-inspections | 148 |
Other Visits | 32 |
Cases investigated | 431 |
Contacts followed up | 386 |
Food poisoning enquiries | 128 |
Other visits | 264 |
Aged persons | 27 |
Attendance at Court or Inquiries | 104 |
Drainage inspections | 1,353 |
Massage, etc. establishments inspected | 88 1,036 |
Noise nuisance investigations | |
Places of entertainment inspected | 53 |
Rag, flock, etc. premises inspected | 1 |
Unsuccessful visits | 4,076 |
All other visits | 1,502 |
Food Hawkers | 311 |
Table 27
Overcrowding
(a) | Dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 1,277 |
(b) | Overcrowding relieved during the year | 239 |
(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) Families | 51 | |
(iii) Persons | 304 | |
(e) | Section 80, Housing Act, 1957—licences issued | 1 |