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Chigwell 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]

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SANITARY lNSPECTION OF THE AREA.
Report of the Senior Sanitary Inspector.
In accordance with Article 27(18) of the Sanitary Officers
(Outside London) Regulations, 1935, I beg to submit the following
particulars with regard to the work accomplished by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the year 1939.
Summary of the various inspections made by the Sanitary
Inspectors:-

Table: Dwelling Houses-

Dwelling Houses-

On complaint and other causes482
Infectious disease enquiries102
House-to-house inspections182
Premises measured for purposes of Part IV of the Housing Act, 193636
Number of rooms measured in these premises154
Rent Restriction Act enquiries7
Total number of re-inspections for all purposes2,533

Table: Other Premises-

Other Premises-

Schools65
Factories80
Outworkers premises16
Slaughterhouses291
Carcases examined1,711
Butchers' shops and provision stores223
Bake houses44
Fishshops51
Dairies and Milkshops46
Ice Cream dealers29
Other Food premises68
Rat infestation187
Verminous premises18
Petroleum installations129
Shops Act258
Premises where animals are kept40
Miscellaneous inspections392
Total number of inspections and re-inspections5,415

Table: Notices served-

Notices served-

Informal:-
Housing Act, 193691
Public Health Acts178
Statutory:-
Housing Act, 1936, Section 913
Housing Act, 1936, Section 101
Housing Act, 1936, Section 112
Housing Act, 1936, Section 1552
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 2412
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 395
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 938
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 28713
Factories Act, 1937, Section 12

Table: Nature of the work executed and improvements effected to dwelling-houses and premises, under the provisions of the Housing and Public Health Acts:-

Nature of the work executed and improvements effected to dwelling-houses and premises, under the provisions of the Housing and Public Health Acts:-

Dampness remedied272
Roofs repaired110
Rain water pipes and guttering renewed or repaired132
Walls provided with damp proof courses, underpinned or repaired298
House drains renewed or repaired159
Obstruction removed from drains51
Water closet pans renewed56

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