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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

Harrow 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]

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37
Water service restored 8
New dustbins provided 101
Houses cleansed and repaired 36
Houses overcrowded -
Dampness remedied 16
Floors ventilated 8
Roofs repaired 24
Yards paved 13
Yards cleansed 3
Accumulation of refuse removed 19
Ditches cleaned out 3
Pigs and other animals 5
Caravans observed 8
Nuisances therefrom 6
Removed from district 8
Other defects 85
SANITARY INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
Visits to Dairies 42
Visits to Cowsheds 86
Visits to Foodshops 296
Visits to Slaughter houses 28
Visits to Bakehouses 46
Visits to Laundries 22
Visits to Factories and Workshops 186
Inspections under Housing and Town
Planning Act 5
Re-Inspeotions under Housing and Town
Planning Act 32
Visits to cases of Infectious Disease 256
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 373
Rooms disinfected after Phthisis 57