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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
Croydon 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The receipts and expenditure for the past 10 years has been as follows:—
| Receipts. | Expenditure. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1935 | 1,488 | 11 | 5 | 1,420 | 14 | 9 |
| 1936 | 1,446 | 0 | 2 | 1,381 | 19 | 2 |
| 1937 | 1,378 | 14 | 8 | 1,348 | 7 | 2 |
| 1938 | 1,253 | 2 | 0 | 1,580 | 6 | 5 |
| 1939 | 1,284 | 3 | 4 | 1,269 | 0 | 4 |
| 1940 | 1,178 | 11 | 10 | 1,059 | 10 | 0 |
| 1941 | 1,048 | 0 | 0 | 1,271 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | 1,033 | 0 | 0 | 1,321 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | 1,039 | 0 | 0 | 1,480 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | 1,119 | 0 | 0 | 1,785 | 0 | 0 |
War Damaged Houses.
The Sanitary Inspectors visited these to ascertain the
damage to sanitary arrangements and water supply. Some 7,000
such visits were made and the defects found received early attention
by the War Damage Repairs Department.
Houses—Sanitary Certificates.
House drains and sanitary fittings are tested and examined on
request, at a fee. During the year 7 such requests were made.
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
During the year the under-mentioned inspections have been
made and defects were found as set out:—
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories:— | |||
| With Mechanical Power | 264 | 30 | — |
| Without Mechanical Power | 64 | 19 | — |
| Outworkers and Employers of outworkers | 275 | — | — |
| Total | 603 | 49 | — |