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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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| Rent Act- | |
| Dwellings—inspected | 20 |
| Dwellings—re-inspected | 5 |
| Other Visits | 18 |
| Power factories—inspected | 862 |
| Power factories—re-inspected | 214 |
| Non-power factories—inspected | 19 |
| Non-power factories—re-inspected | 3 |
| Outworkers' rooms inspected | 130 |
| Other visits—building sites | 16 |
| Basement bakehouses, etc. | |
| Premises—inspected | 4,860 |
| Premises—re-inspected | 3,067 |
| Visits re unsound food | 217 |
| Visits re contaminated food | 100 |
| Formal and informal sampling | 466 |
| Visits re labelling of food | 44 |
| Visits re Merchandise Marks Act | 29 |
| Boiler plant inspected | 30 |
| Premises inspected in SCAs. | 21 |
| Other visits in SCAs. | 46 |
| Visits re nuisance from smoke, etc. | 576 |
| Smoke observations | 147 |
| General inspection—office | 310 |
| General inspection—retail shop | 368 |
| General inspection—wholesale/warehouse | 80 |
| General inspection—catering establishment | 38 |
| General inspection—fuel storage depot | 3 |
| Re-inspections | 128 |
| Other Visits | 52 |
| Cases investigated | 289 |
| Contacts followed up | 440 |
| Food poisoning enquiries | 101 |
| Other visits | 211 |
| Aged persons | 5 |
| Attendance at Court or Inquiries | 106 |
| Drainage inspections | 1,283 |
| Massage, etc. establishments inspected | 67 |
| Noise nuisance investigations | 1,019 |
| Places of entertainment inspected | 89 |
| Rag, flock, etc. premises inspected | 8 |
| Unsuccessful visits | 3,383 |
| All other visits | 1,660 |
| Food Hawkers | 376 |
Table 16 Overcrowding
| (a)' | Dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 1,271 |
| (b) | Overcrowding relieved during the year | 198 |
| (c) | Dwelling houses which have again become overcrowded after the local authoriy have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding | Not known |
| (d) | (i) Council houses found to be overcrowded at end of year | 45 |
| (ii) Families transferred to alleviate overcrowding | 25 | |
| (iii) Persons transferred to alleviate overcrowding | 132 | |
| (e) | Section 80, Housing Act, 1957—licences issued | 2 |