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 the year 1956
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WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS.
FACTORIES ACT'
1937
HOUSING ACT'
1936
PUBLIC HEALTH
(LONDON) ACT'
1936
FOOD & DRUGS
ACT, 1955
TOTAL
N.
V.
N.
V.
N.
V.
N.
V.
CLEANSING:
Rooms: Walls & Ceilings cleansed
and redecorated
2
-
55
-
12
-
4
1
74
Passages & Staircases: Walls &
ceilings cleansed and redecorated
-
-
12
-
1
2
2
1
18
Yard and area walls cleansed and
colour-washed
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
2
Rooms and Contents cleansed by
occupiers
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
Rooms where Food is manufactured
stored or sold
-
-
-
-
-
-
22
8
30
Coffee Stalls, Street Barrows etc.
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
Miscellaneous
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
2
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS:
Roofs
-
-
93
-
74
7
-
-
174
Eaves, Gutters
-
-
31
-
33
2
-
-
66
Rain-water pipes
-
1
47
-
11
3
-
-
62
Yard and Areas
Pavings
-
-
47
-
6
-
-
-
53
Walls rendered or repaired
-
-
65
-
12
3
-
-
80
Rooms Wall & Ceiling plaster
-
-
304
-
123
9
1
-
437
Passages & Staircases: Wall and
Ceiling plaster
-
-
89
-
18
1
-
-
108
Floors
-
-
57
-
22
2
2
-
83
Stair Treads: Bannisters
& Balustrades
-
-
33
-
7
3
-
-
43
Window and Door Frames, fittings and
sash cords
1
-
530
-
82
20
-
-
633
Dampness remedied
-
-
203
-
212
9
2
-
-426
Horizontal damp proof course
provided
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
3
Vertical damp proof course provided
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
7
Fireplaces & Fire-ranges repaired
-
93
-
44
4
-
-
141
Washing Coppers repaired
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Natural Ventilation provided or
improved
-
-
84
-
7
1
1
-
93
Chimneys and Flues
-
-
28
-
8
-
-
-
36
Carried forward
3
1
1782
-
675
66
37
10
2574