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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
Chigwell 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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Summary of Sanitary Inspector's Visits during the Year ended 31st December, 1940.
| Nature of Visit or Inspection | No. of | Visits. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Sanitation. | Water Supply | 142 | |
| Drainage | 54 | ||
| Stables and Piggeries | 1 | ||
| Fried Fish Shops | 6 | ||
| Factories | 9 | ||
| Workshops and Workplaces | 30 | ||
| Bakehouses | 110 | ||
| Refuse Collection | 1 | ||
| Refuse Disposal | 35 | ||
| Rats and Mice | 67 | ||
| Schools | 1 | ||
| Shops | 33 | ||
| Knackers Yard | 15 | ||
| Petroleum | 58 | ||
| Miscellaneous Sanitary Visits | 532 | ||
| Billets | 20 | ||
| Re Refugees | 140 | ||
| Public Shelters | 28 | ||
| 1,742 | |||
| Under Public Health Acts. | |||
| Housing. | Number of houses inspected | 40 | |
| Visits paid to above houses | 102 | ||
| Under Housing Acts. | |||
| Number of houses inspected | 9 | ||
| Visits paid to above houses | 33 | ||
| Overcrowding. | |||
| Number of Houses Inspected | 4 | ||
| Visits paid to above houses | 21 | ||
| Verminous Premises. | |||
| Number of houses inspected | 1 | ||
| Visits paid to above houses | 1 | ||
| Miscellaneous Housing Visits (a) | 15 | ||
| Infectious Diseases. | 226 | ||
| Inquiries in cases of Infectious Disease | 24 | ||
| Visits re Disinfection | 40 | ||
| Miscellaneous Infectious Disease Visits | 14 | ||
| 78 | |||
| Meat and Food Inspection. | Visits to Slaughterhouses | 67 | |
| ,, „ Butchers | 179 | ||
| ,, ,, Fishmongers and Poulterers | 15 | ||
| ,, ,, Grocers | 57 | ||
| ,, ,, Greengrocers and Fruiterers | 21 | ||
| ,, ,, Cowsheds | 169 | ||
| ,, ,, Dairies and Milkshops | 91 | ||
| ,, ,, Ice Cream Premises | 76 | ||
| ,, ,, Restaurants | 1 | ||
| ,, ,, Food Preparing Premises | 3 | ||
| Visits in Connection with Sampling. | |||
| Milk—Bacteriological | 10 | ||
| Miscellaneous Food Visits | 121 | ||
| 810 | |||
| Total | 2,856 |
House refuse is collected under the supervision of Mr. G. Holbourn,
A.M.Inst., C.E., Engineer and Surveyor.
(Signed) J. T. HEATH, M.R.San.I., M.S.I.A., Senior Sanitary Inspector,
(a) Including visits made under Housing Act, 1936.