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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 1958

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1958

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Table: SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH SUMMARY OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1958.

SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH

SUMMARY OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1958.

Number of complaints received during the year763
INSPECTIONS AND RE-VISITS DWELLINGS:
Inspections after complaints3,092
Inspections after Infectious Diseases652
House-to-House inspections1,638
Underground Rooms53
Overcrowding and "Permitted Numbers"211
Other Visits215,667
FOOD PREMISES :
Butchers281
Fishmongers and Fish Friers29
General Provision Shops64
Dairies203
Ice Cream Vendors (Premises, Stalls, Vehicles)210
Ice Cream Manufacturers7
Bakehouses99
Street Stalls and Barrows70
Food Factories (Mechanical) other than Bakehouses21
Hotels, Restaurants and Dining Rooms935
Premises in connection with Unsound Food154
Premises in connection with Food Sampling132
Other Food Premises402,245
FACTORIES AND OUTWORKERS:
Factories other than Food Factories (Mechanical)296
Factories other than Food Factories (Non-Mechanical)72
Outworkers14382
DRAINAGE:
Drains tested: (a) by water674
(b) by smoke70
(c) by air146890
Carried Forward9,184