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 1970
[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 |