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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
Wimbledon 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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SANITARY CIRCUSTANCES OF THE AREA.
| Reason for Visit. | No. |
|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases | 817 |
| House Inspections | 5,695 |
| Inspections under Housing Act, 1936 | 138 |
| House to House Inspections | 1,168 |
| Rent Act Inspections | 5 |
| Inspections of Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Outworkers' premises | 173 |
| Dairies and Cowsheds Inspections | 55 |
| Inspections under Shops Act | 27 |
| Applications of Test to Drains | 105 |
| Inspections under Diseases of Animals Act | 20 |
| Obtaining samples of Food and Drugs | 237 |
| Miscellaneous (including Inspections of Food, slaughter-houses, mews, stables, caravans, Petroleum Acts, water supply, piggeries, etc.) | 4,753 |
| Total | 13,193 |
Notices Served.—One thousand four hundred and fourteen preliminary
notices or intimations were served during the year.
It was found necessary to serve one hundred and forty-two
Statutory Notices.
Legal proceedings were taken against one owner for failure to
comply with an Abatement Notice. An order was made by the
Court for the work to be carried out within twenty eight days.
| Accumulations removed | 24 |
| Cisterns provided | 3 |
| Cisterns repaired, cleansed or covered | 39 |
| Drains, new, provided | 20 |
| Drainage systems made water-tight by patent process | _ |
| Drains, repaired or altered | 56 |
| Drains, stoppages removed | 83 |
| Dustbins provided | 261 |
| Flushing cisterns, new, provided | 14 |
| Flushing cisterns, repaired | 109 |
| Manure receptacles provided | 6 |
| Rain-water pipes disconnected | — |
| Roofs repaired | 305 |
| Rooms stripped and cleansed | 89 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 30 |
| Soilpipes, new, provided | 1 |