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 Erith]
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Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
E(5)a. Visits by Sanitary Inspectors.
The total number of visits of all kinds was ... 7,302
Notices served:—
Formal 21. Informal 982.
Number of dwellings and other premises disinfected 156
Complaints received and investigated ... 2,189
Premises visited and results of such visits:—
Premises | No. in District | No. of visits 1947 | No. of defects found | No. of defects remedied |
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Bakehouses | 12 | 63 | 2 | 2 |
Cowsheds | 4 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
Dairies | 12 | 67 | 5 | 5 |
Butchers Shops | 33 | 291 | 6 | 6 |
Fish friers | 14 | 66 | 5 | 5 |
Food Factories | 3 | 31 | 3 | 3 |
Slaughter Houses | 4 | — | — | — |
Factories | 155 | 78 | 39 | 39 |
Outworkers | 28 | 11 | — |
Other than those enumerated in the above tabulation:— | |
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Drains repaired | 23 |
Drains cleared | 148 |
W.C. pans renewed | 23 |
Cisterns repaired | 19 |
New sinks | 24 |
New W.C.s provided | 13 |
Roofs repaired | 91 |
Damp walls remedied | 39 |
Houses cleansed | 24 |
Floors repaired | 19 |
Eaves gutters repaired | 41 |
Cooking stoves repaired | 13 |
Plasters renewed | 62 |
Windows made to open | 23 |
Dustbins provided | 242 |
Accumulations removed | 29 |
Yard pavings repaired | 4 |
Water supply provided | 17 |
Coppers repaired | 21 |