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
Tottenham 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Rooms cleansed 638
Staircases, Passages and Landings cleansed 411
Staircases, Balconies and Steps repaired or
renewed 38
Noxious Accumulations removed 12
Nuisances arising from Animals abated 3
Miscellaneous Defects remedied 239
Notices Served.
Informal 1,851
Statutory-
Housing Act, 1936, Section 9 304
Public Health. Act, 1936:-
Section 24 62
Section 39 58
Section 83 16
Section 9421
Section 45 -
Section 44 -
Total 461
Repair of Houses by the Council.
£ s. d.
Work carried out in default:-
Section 9, Housing Act, 1936. 45 premises: 1,026 6 9
Public Health Act, 1936:-
Section 39, 24 premises 475 2 2
Work carried out for maintenance of public
sewers, 46 premises 802 14 1
Disinfection Work.
Private firms in the Borough continued to use the Health
Department's Disinfection Service to a considerable extent, as also
the Civil Defence Services.
Rooms disinfected after Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Tuberculosis,
etc. 325