London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1926
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1926
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
| Water Supply. | |
| Water supply to premises reinstated | 41 |
| Water supply provided to upper storeys of tenement houses | 1 |
| Water closets provided with water supply to flushing apparatus | 10 |
| New drinking water cisterns provided | 11 |
| Drinking water cisterns cleansed | 22 |
| Drinking water cisterns repaired | 6 |
| Drinking water cisterns provided with new covers or covers repaired | 14 |
| Smoke Nuisances. | |
| Number of observations | 24 |
| Number of nuisances and complaints | 2 |
| Number of Notices | — |
| Number of Summonses | — |
| Nuisances Abated arising from— | |
| Keeping animals in an improper manner or place | 8 |
| Defective manure cages | 5 |
| Accumulation of manure or refuse | 47 |
| Dead animals | 3 |
| Overcrowding | 9 |
| Food Condemned and Destroyed. | |
| Pigs | 2 |
| Mussels | 1 bag |
| Kippers | 1 box |
| Condensed milk | 5 cases |
| Eggs | 1 case |
| Disinfection. | |
| Premises disinfected after Zymotic diseases (Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc) | 323 |
| Rooms disinfected after Tuberculous disease | 105 |
| Rooms fumigated for verminous and filthy conditions | 104 |
| Miscellaneous disinfection | 30 |
| Proceedings Taken. | |
| Intimation Notices served | 826 |
| Statutory Notices under Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 214 |
| Statutory Notices under Section 3 of Housing Act, 1925 | — |
| Statutory Notices under by-laws for provision of dustbins | 22 |
| Total number of samples purchased for analysis under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 385 |
| Samples of Cream taken (Milk and Cream Regulations) | 6 |
| Samples of drugs taken | — |
| Samples (informal) purchased | 15 |
| Legal proceedings instituted in respect to defective sanitary conditions and nuisances | 7 |
| Legal proceedings under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 5 |
| Legal proceedings in respect to unsound food | — |
| Certificates issued in accordance with "Rents Restriction Act" | — |
| Correspondence. | |
| Number of letters written in connection with Public Health matters | 1,029 |
| Entries in Inspectors' Report Books | 826 |
| Entries in Inhabitants Complaint Book | 60 |
| Notifications of infectious disease sent to School authorities | 232 |
| Notifications on infectious disease sent to Metropolitan Asylums Board | 253 |
| Certificates of disinfection given | 310 |
| Certificates of infectious disease for removal cases | 54 |
| Notices sent to Public Library of premises where infectious diseases have occurred | 130 |
| Intimation Cards sent re Samples taken under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 246 |