Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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Complaints Received.
General disrepair and insanitary conditions | 78 |
Dampness | 56 |
Obstruction of light by trees | 2 |
Overcrowding | 8 |
Defective drainage systems | 27 |
Blocked drainage systems | 138 |
Defective drainage fittings | 9 |
Defective sinks and lavatory basins | 2 |
Defective W.C. pans and flushing apparatus | 19 |
Defective service water pipes | 3 |
Defective hot water systems | 4 |
Defective chimney stacks | 6 |
Absence of, or defective dustbins | 6 |
Insanitary pig waste bins | 2 |
Accumulation of refuse, etc. | 17 |
Insanitary A.R.P. shelters | 1 451 |
Rats and mice | |
Keeping of animals | 10 |
Insect pests, etc | 39 |
Wasps' nests | 84 |
Unsound food | 145 |
Miscellaneous | 48 |
Total | 1,155 |
Summary of Visits Made. | |
Number of houses visited | 337 |
Number of reinspections and calls made | 1.127 |
Verminous premises | 38 |
Water supply | 10 |
Tents, vans and sheds | 380 |
Schools | 3 |
Places of entertainment | 20 |
Licensed premises | 15 |
Storage of refuse | 36 |
Accumulations | 103 |
Piggeries, fowls and other animals | 110 |
Stables | 11 |
Rats and Mice Destruction | 5,757 |
Drainage inspected | 1,893 |
Drainage tested | 224 |
Pail closets | 5 |
Cesspools | 204 |
Urinals | 3 |
Smoke observations | 5 |
Sewers and street gullies | 187 |
Cowsheds, dairies and milkshops | 150 |
Ice-cream premises | 150 |
Meat shops | 101 |
Food preparing premises | 254 |
Other food shops | 399 |
Bakehouses—Power | 55 |
„ Other | 5 |
Slaughterhouses | 25 |
Food Inspection—Meat | 27 |
„ „ Other Food | 219 |
Factories—Power | 152 |
Other | 42 |
Workplaces | 4 |
Outworkers | 25 |
Shops Act | 576 |
Infectious disease enquiries | 137 |
Infectious disease contacts | 38 |