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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 1957

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1957

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Table: SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGHSUMMARY OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1957.

SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH

SUMMARY OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1957.

Number of complaints received during the year807
INSPECTIONS AND RE-VISITS DWELLINGS:
Inspections after complaints3,4645,559
Inspections after Infectious Diseases985
House-to-House inspections798
Underground Rooms98
Overcrowding and "Permitted Numbers"206
Other Visits8
FOOD PREMISES:
Butchers2561,835
Fishmongers and Fish Friers47
General Provision Shops11
Dairies226
Ice Cream Vendors (Premises, Stalls, Vehicles)247
Ice Cream Manufacturers12
Bakehouses87
Street Stalls and Barrows123
Food Factories (Mechanical) other than Bakehouses31
Hotels, Restaurants, and Dining Rooms493
Premises in connection with Unsound Food154
Premises in connection with Food Sampling.109
Other Food Premises39
FACTORIES AND OUTWORKERS:
Factories other than Food Factories (Mechanical)207274
Factories other than Food Factories (Non-Mechanical)49
Outworkers18
Other visits (not classified)-
DRAINAGE:
Drains tested: (a) by water605855
(b) by smoke147
(c) by air103
Carried Forward:8,523