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
Chelsea 1959
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1959
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WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTCRS (Continued}
| FACTORIES ACT 1937. | HOUSING ACT, 1957. | PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936. | FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1955. | TOTAL. | |||||
| N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | ||
| Brought forward | 21 | 11 | 33 | - | 302 | 933 | 105 | 44 | 1949 |
| SANITARY CONVENIENCES: Additional Water Closets provided ... ... | 5 | 4 | 257 | 5 | 271 | ||||
| Water Closet pans renewed | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 |
| Water Closet pans cleansed | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Water Waste preventers renewed or repaired | . | _ | _ | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Water Waste preventers provided ... ... | 5 | 4 | 257 | 5 | 271 | ||||
| Urinals repaired ... | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Roofs repaired or renewed | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Floors repaired or renewed | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Walls & Ceiling plaster cleansed, repaired or redecorated ... | 9 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 44 | |||
| Natural Ventilation provided or improved | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Natural or Articifial Light provided or improved .o. .o. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Ventilated Lobby provided | - | — | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| Miscellaneous ... | 4 | - | 1 | - | 11 | — | - | — | 16 |
| WATER SUPPLYs Supplies provided to Tenements ... ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Taps supplied on main for drinking -purposes ... | _ | _ | 1 | _ | — | — | - | - | 1 |
| Burst Pipes repaired | - | - | - | - | 7 | — | — | — | 7 |
| Cisterns cleansed,covered or repaired ... | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Carried forward | 45 | 37 | 860 | 1451 | 128 | 56 | 2601 | ||