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 (Continued)
FACTORIES ACT, 1937 | HOUSING ACT, 1957 | PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936 | food & drugs ACT, 1955 | total | |||||
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Brought forward | N. | v. | n. | V. | N. | v. | n. | v. | 1620 |
2 | 2 | 923 | - | 409 | 239 | 44 | 1 | ||
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS (Continued) | |||||||||
Subfloor ventilation provided | CSS | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | |||
Miscellaneous | - | 1 | 23 | • | 10 | 41 | - | - | 75 |
DRAINAGE: | |||||||||
Total Reconstructions | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | - | - | 26 |
Partial Reconstructions, repairs or alterations | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | 15 |
Frontage Drains Reconstructed | - | - | - | - | 8 | 5 | 3 | - | 16 |
Obstructions cleared | - | - | 1 | - | 17 | 23 | - | 1 | 42 |
Inspection Chambers provided | - | 2 | - | - | - | 80 | - | - | 82 |
Inspection Chamber covers renewed | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
Interceptors provided | - | 1 | - | - | - | 31 | - | - | 32 |
Soil & Ventilation Stacks provided or reconstructed | - | - | - | - | - | 112 | - | - | 112 |
Soil & Ventilation Stacks repaired | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Waste & Ventilation Stacks provided or reconstructed | - | - | 2 | - | - | 110 | - | - | 112 |
Waste & Ventilation Stacks repaired | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
Fresh Air Inlets provided | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | 22 |
Fresh Air Inlets repaired or renewed | - | - | 3 | - | 15 | 5 | - | - | 23 |
Single Sinks provided | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 438 | 9 | 3 | 454 |
Double Sinks provided | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Baths provided | - | - | - | - | - | 464 | - | - | 464 |
Wash-hand basins provided | - | - | - | - | - | 506 | 10 | 5 | 521 |
Miscellaneous | - | 2 | 4 | - | 22 | 14 | 2 | - | 44 |
Carried forward | 2 | 11 | 964 | - | 486 | 2134 | 69 | 11 | 3677 |