[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon] page 75

Croydon 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Summary of Inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors, andother Departmental Work.

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Summary of Inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors, and

other Departmental Work.

Total number of houses inspected for housing defects under Public Health or Housing Acts	3,663
Houses inspected following applications for certificates of disrepair	7
Inspection of underground rooms	65
Special inspections in connection with the Housing Survey	586
Houses inspected for overcrowding conditions	64
Re-inspections of work outstanding on housing notices	12,447
Number of visits regarding infectious diseases	1,066
Number of visits regarding food poisoning	65
Inspections of drainage work during repair	2,557
Drainage systems inspected, surveyed or traced	2,942
Drains tested	419
Inspections of cesspools and earth closets	42
do schools and school sanitary conveniences	12
do public conveniences	168
do verminous premises	119
do ponds and ditches	69
do premises in course of demolition	1,018
do theatres, cinemas, halls, etc.	7
do tents, vans and similar structures	83
do premises in connection with improvement grants	200
do houses in multiple occupation	1,094
Inspection and re-inspections in connection with Smoke Control Orders	15,793
Smoke ebservations	226
Visits regarding exhumation	32
Visits to premises for food condemnation	596
Inspections of wells and gathering grounds of water supply	77
do scrap metal dealers' premises	26
do rivers and streams for pollutions	22
do hairdressers	217
Food and Drugs Acts; Food and drugs samples taken	307
Food and Drugs Acts; Milk samples taken (special designations)	201
Ice Cream samples taken (bacteriological)	96
Samples taken of Fertilizers and Feeding Stuffs	17
do swimming baths water	110
do drinking water, bacteriological and chemical	659
do subsoil water	5
do private wells	179
do rag flock and other filling material	4
do sundry specimens (food poisoning etc.)	50
Visits in connection with Food Complaints	440
do do miscellaneous public health nuisances	3,259
Inspections under Merchandise Marks Act	21
do of butchers premises	422
do meat premises (wholesale)	175
do poultry and game dealers premises	16
do fishmongers premises	131
do fried fish premises	110
do grocers premises	830
do fruiterers and greengrocers premises	378
do bakers premises - including bakehouses	281
do dairies	30
do Milk shops	56
do general shops and supermarkets	111
Visits in connection with Animal Boarding Establishments Act	23
do do Rag Flock Act	3
do do Mines and Quarries Act	8
do do Croydon Corporation Act	14
Visits to immigrants	142
Unsuccessful calls	5,790