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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Inspections Carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors:-
Infectious disease 410
Complaints investigated 4,473
Re-inspections 7,811
Factories 371
Workplaces 32
Dairies, etc. 142
Fruiterers, etc. 130
Fish shops 129
Butchers' shops 156
Bakehouses 99
Other food premises 667
Slaughter-houses 38
Public House urinals 37
Appointments & interviews 698
Drains tested 467
Drains defective 295
Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts 10
Requisitioned houses 139
Stables & mews 10
Outworkers 556
Other visits 1,338
Notices Served.
Statutory:-
Housing Act, 1936:
Section 9 776
Section 11 4
Section 12 12
Public Health Act, 1936:
Section 24 59
Section 39 71
Section 45 10
Section 48 7
Section 79 1
Section 83 1
Section 84 1
Section 94 133
1,075
Informal 3,051