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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

Chelsea 1954

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1954

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Table: SANITARY ADMINSTRATION OF THE BOROUGH SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY ISPECTIORS DURING THE YEAR 1954.

SANITARY ADMINSTRATION OF THE BOROUGH SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY ISPECTIORS DURING THE YEAR 1954.

Number of complaints received during the year954
INSPECTIONS AND RE-VISITS DWELLINGS:
Inspections alter complaint.3,939
Inspections after Infectious Diseases338
House-to-House inspections1,780
Underground Rooms195
Overcrowding and "Permitted Numbers"197
Visits to obtain information re Housing applications159
Inspection of Council flats re presence of vermin109
Other visits266,753
FOOD PREMISES:
Butchers176
Horseflesh Dealers21
Fishmongers and Fish Friers63
General Provision and Delicatessen Shops170
Dairies and General Stores retailing Milk203
Ice Cream Vendors (Premises, Stalls, Vehicles, etc.)289
Ice Cream Manufasrturers39
Bakehouses and Underground. Bakehouses136
Street Stalls and Barrows64
Food Delivery Vehicles7
Food Factories (Mechanical) other than Bakehouses18
Hotels, Restaurants and Dining Rooms664
Premises in connection with Unsound Food476
Premises in connection with sampling of Food and Drugs125
Other Food Premises1042,555
FACTORIES AND OUTWORKERS
Factories-other than Food Factories (Mechanical)288
Factories-other than Food Factories (Non-Mechanical)628
Outworkers34
Other visits (not classified)3387
DRAINAGE:
Drains tested: (a) by water233
(b) by smoke124
(c) by air69
Drains traced by colour18444
Carried forward:10,139