[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC].

  • Barnet (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1959?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (13} default, specifying the works necessary to remedy the defects found, is usually followed. It was found necessary to ask your authority to serve sixty-four Statutory Notices, where persons failed to comply with the preliminary notice, or the strict legal procedure was necessary in the first instance. SANITARY INSPECTION OF AREA. The following is a list of the number and nature of visits and inspections:- Visits re: Housing Acts 706 Visits re: nuisance and sanitary defects 907 Visits re: infectious diseases 232 Visits re: Petroleum Acts 178 Visits re: factories 179 Visits re: outworkers' premises 10 Visits re: food manufactories, cafes, etc 373 Visits re: ice cream and sampling 146 Visits re: overcrowding 5 Visits re: aged and infirm persons 129 Visits to inspect meat and other foods 617 Visits re: schools 10 Visits re: pollution of watercourses 25 Visits re: Rent Acts 84 Visits re: Smoke observations 59 Visits re: Tents, Caravans and Sheds 28 Visits re: Shops Acts 115 Visits re: keeping of animals 41 Visits re: Rodent Infestations 2,138 Visits re: other infestations 78 Miscellaneous visits 102 NUMBER OP NOTICES SERVED DURING YEAR. Number of Informal Notices 146 Number of Statutory Notices 64 Informal Notices complied with 103 Statutory Notices complied with 66 SANITARY WORK AND REPAIRS. The following is a list of repairs effected as a result of informal and formal notices served. Roofs repaired and made weatherproof 57 Gutters, downspouts repaired or renewed 65 Exterior brickwork repaired or repointed 171 Walls, dampness remedied 99 Chimney stacks and pots repaired or renewed 20 Yard surfaces repaired or repaved 18