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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Informal notices outstanding 1-12-49 | 1,793 |
| Informal notices served | 4,653 |
| Informal notices complied | 3,680 |
| Number of Informal Notices referred for Statutory Orders | 1,141 |
| Informal notices outstanding 31-12-50 | 1,620 |
| Statutory notices outstanding'31-12-49 | 1,047 |
| Statutory notices served | 2,103 |
| Statutory notices complied | 2,292 |
| Statutory notices outstanding 31-12-50 | 858 |
| Total number of callers and complaints received at the office | 7,020 |
| Total number of letters received at the office | 10,445 |
Nuisances, Infringements of Acts, Byelaws, Regulations or Order*, ascertained by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1950 and for which action was taken to enforce compliance:—
| (1) NUISANCES AND HOUSING DEFECTS AT HOUSES, etc. | |
| Insufficient means of ventilation: | |
| Defective ventilators, windows and sashcords | 1,076 |
| Conditions causing dampness: | |
| Defective roofs | 1,107 |
| Defective window frames | 151 |
| Defective walls, etc. | 298 |
| Want of efficient damp-proof course | 29 |
| Defective gutters and downspouts | 869 |
| 'Other structural defects: | |
| Defective plaster | 1,286 |
| Cleansing and redecoration required | 1,293 |
| Defective floors and stairs | 772 |
| Insufficient ventilation under floor | 56 |
| Defective brickwork, sills, lintels, chimneys | 667 |
| Defective stoves and fireplaces and flues | 690 |
| Defective drains, sanitary fittings, etc.: | |
| Defective sinks and waste pipes | 341 |
| Defective w.c.'s | 253 |
| Defective drainage | 317 |
| Stoppages in drains | 213 |
| Defective water services and tanks | 52 |
| Domestic nuisances: | |
| Want of cleanliness | 7 |
| Verminous conditions | 151 |
| Other nuisances and infringements: | |
| Offensive accumulations | 46 |
| Overcrowding | 100 |
| Smoke nuisances | 11 |
| Sundry nuisances or defects | 19 |
| Particulars not inserted in Rent Book (Housing Act) | 10 |
| (Rent Restriction Act) | — |