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 Wimbledon]
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The houses are of the non-parlour type, built of brick,
and have been sold under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act.
The flats are three stories high, the walls being built of
brick, and the floors constructed of reinforced concrete. The
tenements are of the non-parlour type and are let at the
inclusive rent of 15s. per week.
Clinic, Pelham Road :—A new clinic has been erected at
Pelham Road. This is a two-storey building and has been
equipped for the treatment of dental, minor ailment and
ophthalmic cases and serves the purpose of a child welfare
centre. An up-to-date laboratory has also been provided.
Baths, Latimer Road:—An extension to the existing
public baths in Latimer Road has been built and is now
practically completed. It comprises a first-class swimming
bath 40-ft. x 100-ft. together with dressing-boxes, showers,
footbath, waiting-rooms, club-rooms and all necessary lavatory
accommodation. An efficient filtration, plant has been installed
to enable the water of the new bath to be cleansed
as often as necessary.
Reason of Visit. | No. |
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Infectious Disease | 965 |
House Inspections | 2,102 |
House to House Inspections | 2,932 |
Rent Act Inspections | 56 |
Houses Let in Lodgings; Inspections | 5 |
Inspection of Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Out-workers' Premises | 443 |
Common Lodging Houses; Inspections | 10 |
Dairies and Cowsheds; Inspections | 103 |
Inspections under Shop Acts | 464 |
Application of Tests to Drains | 303 |
Inspections under Diseases of Animals Acts | 143 |
Obtaining Samples of Foods and Drugs | 3 |
Miscellaneous (including Inspections of Food, slaughter-houses, mews, stables, caravans, Petroleum Acts, water supply, piggeries, mosquitoes, etc.) | 2,029 |
9,558 |
One thousand three hundred and seventy-three preliminary
or informal notices were served in respect of 1.188 houses.
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