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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: WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

FACTORIES ACT, 1937HOUSING ACT, 1957PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1955TOTAL
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--44-6115--120
Eaves, Gutters--16-155--36
Rain-water pipes--22-14---37
Yard and Area: Pavings--17-339--59
Walls rendered or repaired--28-5---33
Rooms: Wall and Ceiling plaster1-193-94-6-338
Passages & Staircases: Wall and Ceiling plaster--46-8---54
Floors--12-12459179
Stair Treads, Bannisters & Balustrades--15-1---16
Window and Door Frames, fittings and sash cords-1278-523--334
Dampness remedied1-118-13046--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--21-32--26
Chimneys and Flues--17-3---20
Natural Lighting provided or improved--5--40--45
Carried forward22923-4092394411620