London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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On the other hand, the adaptation of requisitioned premises for rehousing
purposes, including maintenance repairs, continued to claim the fullest
possible attention having regard to the difficulty in finding labour not already
absorbed in the war damage building labour pool.
Reconstruction or repair to war damaged drains also took up a large
share of the inspectors' attention.
Summary of various inspection made by the Sanitary Inspectors:—
| Requisitioned houses converted for rehousing purposes providing— | 60 |
| (a) Single dwellings | 8 |
| (b) Flats | 95 |
| Total number of visits made for these purposes | 935 |
| Maintenance repairs (additional) | 89 |
| On complaint and other causes | 661 |
| Infectious disease enquiries | 90 |
| Scabies Order enquiries | 10 |
| Number of re-inspections for above purposes | 1,485 |
| Schools | 36 |
| Factories | 47 |
| Meat distributing centre | 272 |
| Butchers' shops and provisions stores | 155 |
| Bakehouses | 32 |
| Fishshops | 48 |
| Dairies and Milkshops | 29 |
| Other food premises | 162 |
| Massage establishments | 11 |
| Rat infestations (Inspectors) | 114 |
| Verminous premises | 21 |
| Petroleum installations | 55 |
| Shops Act | 37 |
| Premises were animals are kept | 5 |
| Bombed sites | 79 |
| Miscellaneous inspections, including visits to war damaged food stocks, and in connection with civilian war deaths | 509 |
| Total number of inspections and re-inspections | 4,882 |