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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 1956

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1956

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Table: SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH SUMMARY OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1956.

SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH SUMMARY OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1956.

Number of complaints received during the year980
INSPECTIONS AND RE-VISITS DWELLINGS:
Inspections after complaints3,556
Inspections after Infectious Diseases954
House-to-House inspections
Underground Rooms118
Overcrowding and "Permitted Numbers" (Housing Applications)97
Other visits96,263
FOOD PREMISES:
Butchers299
Fishmongers and Fish Friers49
General Provision Shops10
Dairies207
Ice Cream Vendors (Premises, Stalls, Vehicles, etc,)251
Ice Cream Manufacturers15
Bakehouses101
Street Stalls and Barrows134
Food Factories (Mechanical) other than Bakehouses33
Hotels, Restaurants, and Dining Rooms533
Premises in connection with Unsound Food197
Premises in connection with Food Sampling102
Other Food Premises113
2,044
FACTORIES AND OUTWORKERS:
Factories other than Food Factories (Mechanical)195
Factories other than Food Factories (Non-Mechanical)26
Outworkers50
Other visits (not classified)—271
DRAINAGE:
Drains tested: (a) by water472
(b) by smoke93
(c) by air86651
Carried Forward:9,229