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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
Chelsea 1959
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1959
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WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
| FACTORIES ACT, 1937 | HOUSING ACT, 1957 | PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936 | FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1955 | TOTAL | |||||
| N. | V. | N. | Vo | No | V. | N. | V. | ||
| CLEANSINGs Rooms % Walls & Ceilings cleansed and re-decora "ted" | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Passages & Staircases: Walls & Ceilings cleansed & redecorated | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Yard & Area Walls cleansed & colour-wa shed | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Rooms where Food is manufactured, stored or sold | 63 | 19 | 82 | ||||||
| Miscellaneous ... | - | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS: Roofs | 1 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 53 | ||||
| Saves, Gutters | - | - | 1 | - | 22 | - | - | - | 23 |
| Rain-water pipes | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 12 |
| Yard and Area: Pavings | 1 | 5 | _ | — | - | 6 | |||
| Walls rendered or repaired | 1 | - | 19 | - | - | 20 | |||
| Rooms: Wall & Ceiling plaster | 3 | - | 3 | - | 108 | - | 5 | 1 | 120 |
| Passages & Staircases: Wall & Ceiling plaster | er, | 3 | 17 | _ | — | — | 20 | ||
| Floors | 1 | - | - | 22 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 38 | |
| Stair Treads,Banisters & Balustrades | 1 | OB | 26 | _ | _ | — | 27 | ||
| Window & Door Frames, fittings & sash cords | 1 | 12 | 200 | 3 | _ | — | 216 | ||
| Dampness remedied ooo | 1 | - | 1 | - | 174 | - | — | — | 17b |
| Fireplaces & Fire-ranges repaired | 68 | 2 | 0 | 28 | - | - | — | 30 | |
| Natural Ventilation provided or improved | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 10 |
| Chimneys & Flues | - | - | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Natural Lighting provided or improved | 2 | _ | a. | __ | 1 | — | 3 | ||
| Ml.6C63.X3 notis | — | 28 | - | - | - | 28 | |||
| Carried forvard | 21 | - | 33 | - | 718 | 6 | 90 | 24 | 892 |