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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
Brentford 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford]
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TABLE III.
| Inspections. | |
| Number of premises inspected on complaint | 37 |
| „ „ „ in connection with Infectious Diseases. | 198 |
| „ „ under periodical inspection | 102 |
| Houses inspected from house to house (H. and T.P. Act.) | 130 |
| Total number of inspections and re-inspections made | 2019 |
| Action taken. (Other than under H. and T.P. Act.) | |
| Cautionary or intimation notices given | 355 |
| Statutory orders issued | 114 |
| Summonses served | 3 |
| Convictions obtained | 3 |
| Dwelling houses and action under H. and T.P. Act, 1909. | |
| Number of houses dealt with under Sect. 15 | 56 |
| Number of houses found to be in a state dangerous or injurious to health (Sect. 17) | 28 |
| Number of representations made by M.O.H. (Sect. 17) | 28 |
| Number of houses made habitable without closing orders | 1 |
| Number of closing orders made by L.A. (Sect. 17) | 2 |
| Number of houses closed voluntarily | 22 |
| Number of closing orders determined after repairs (Sect. 17) | 0 |
| Number of houses demolished (a) by order of L.A. (Sect. 17) | 22 |
| (b) voluntarily | 43 |
| Illegal underground rooms vacated | 0 |
| Moveable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, &c. | |
| Number observed during the year | 17 |
| „ of nuisances therefrom abated | 3 |
| „ removed from District | 17 |
| Bakehouses. | |
| Number in District | 14 |
| Contraventions of Factory Acts. | 6 |
| Slaughter Houses. | |
| Number on register | 8 |
| „ of inspections made | 206 |
| Frequency of inspections | Weekly |
| Contraventions of Bye-laws | 13 |