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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 1955

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955

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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH

Table: SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1955.

SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1955.

Number of complaints received during the year1,0116,161
INSPECTIONS AND RE-VISITS
DWELLINGS:
Inspections after complaints3,399
Inspections after Infectious Diseases336
House-to-House inspections2,022
Underground Rooms201
Overcrowding and "Permitted Numbers"153
(Housing Applications)
Other visits50
FOOD PREMISES:
Butchers1402,190
Fishmongers and Fish Friers41
General Provision Shops169
Dairies198
Ice Cream Vendors (Premises, Stalls, Vehicles, etc.)204
Ice Cream Manufacturers14
Bakehouses103
Street Stalls and Barrows.54
Food Factories (Mechanical) other than Bakehouses19
Hotels, Restaurants and Dining Rooms652
Premises in connection with Unsound Food325
Premises in connection with sampling of Food and Drugs192
Other Food Premises79
FACTORIES AND CUTWORKERS:
Factories - other than Food Factories (Mechanical)258322
Factories - other than Food Factories (Non-Mechanical)49
Outworkers14
Other visits (not classified)1
DRAINAGE:
Drains tested: (a) by water401573
(b) by smoke99
(c) by air73
Carried forwards9,246