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 1957
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WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
FACTORIES ACT, 1937 | HOUSING ACT, 1957 | PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936 | FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1955 | TOTAL | |||||
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N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | ||
CLEANSING: | |||||||||
Rooms: Walls & ceilings cleansed and redecorated | - | - | 39 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 44 |
Passages & Staircases: Walls & ceilings cleansed and redacorated | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Yard and area walls cleansed and colour-washed | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Rooms and Contents cleansed by occupiers | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Verminous rooms disinfested | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Rooms where Food is manufactured, stored or sold | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | - | 23 |
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS | |||||||||
Roofs | - | - | 44 | - | 61 | 15 | - | - | 120 |
Eaves, Gutters | - | - | 16 | - | 15 | 5 | - | - | 36 |
Rain-water pipes | - | - | 22 | - | 14 | - | - | - | 37 |
Yard and Area: Pavings | - | - | 17 | - | 3 | 39 | - | - | 59 |
Walls rendered or repaired | - | - | 28 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 33 |
Rooms: Wall and Ceiling plaster | 1 | - | 193 | - | 94 | - | 6 | - | 338 |
Passages & Staircases: Wall and Ceiling plaster | - | - | 46 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 54 |
Floors | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 79 |
Stair Treads, Bannisters & Balustrades | - | - | 15 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 16 |
Window and Door Frames, fittings and sash cords | - | 1 | 278 | - | 52 | 3 | - | - | 334 |
Dampness remedied | 1 | - | 118 | - | 130 | 46 | - | - | 295 |
Horizontal damp proof course provided | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Vertical damp proof course provided | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Fireplaces & Fire-ranges repaired | - | - | 41 | - | 7 | - | - | - | 48 |
Natural Ventilation provided or improved | - | - | 21 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 26 |
Chimneys and Flues | - | - | 17 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 20 |
Natural Lighting provided or improved | - | - | 5 | - | - | 40 | - | - | 45 |
Carried forward | 2 | 2 | 923 | - | 409 | 239 | 44 | 1620 |