Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1928
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Water Closets. | |
Water waste preventers renewed | 35 |
Water waste preventers repaired | 38 |
Overflows to water waste preventers provided | – |
Walls and ceilings of water closets cleansed and repaired | 140 |
Water closet roofs repaired | 33 |
Ventilation and light provided or improved | 4 |
W.C. Floors repaired | 7 |
Water Supply. | |
Water supply to premises reinstated | 10 |
Water supply provided to upper storeys of tenement houses | 1 |
Water closets provided with water supply to flushing apparatus | 13 |
New drinking water cisterns provided | 1 |
Drinking water cisterns cleansed | 36 |
Drinking water cisterns repaired | 1 |
Drinking water cisterns provided with new covers or covers repaired | 27 |
Smoke Nuisance. | |
Number of observations | 52 |
Number of nuisances and complaints | 3 |
Number of Notices | — |
Number of Summonses | — |
Nuisances Abated arising from :— | |
Keeping animals in an improper manner or place | 2 |
Defective manure cages | – |
Accumulation of manure or refuse | 25 |
Dead animals | — |
Overcrowding | 8 |
Rats | 12 |
Food Condemned and Destroyed. | |
Fish | 17 stones |
Dog Fish | 1 box |
Rabbits | 5 |
Disinfection. | |
Premises disinfected after Zymotic diseases (Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc.) | 345 |
Rooms disinfected after Tuberculous disease | 117 |
Rooms fumigated for verminous and filthy condition | 153 |
Miscellaneous disinfection | 143 |
Certificates of disinfection given | 210 |
School notices after disinfection | 203 |
Notices sent to Public Library of Premises where infectious diseases have occurred | 200 |
Proceedings Taken. | |
Intimation Notices served | 753 |
Statutory Notices under Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 166 |
Statutory Notices under Section 3 of Housing Act, 1925 | — |
Statutory Notices under by-laws for provision of dustbins | 4 |
Total number of samples purchased for analysis under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 366 |
Samples of cream taken (Milk and Cream Regulations) | 5 |
Samples of Drugs taken | – |
Samples (informal) purchased | 34 |
Legal proceedings instituted in respect of defective sanitary conditions and nuisances | 3 |
Legal proceedings under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 1 |
Legal proceedings in respect to unsound food | — |
Certificates issued in accordance with " Rent Restrictions Acts " | — |
Entries in Inhabitants' Complaint Book | 423 |