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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: 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——50—5—162697
Passages & Staircases: Walls & ceilings cleansed and redecorated——14———4—18
Yard & Area Walls cleansed and colour-washed——2—————2
Verminous Rooms disinfested—_4—————4
Rooms where Food is manufactured, stored or sold——————261036
Miscellaneous——————1—1
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS:
Roofs——19—793——101
Eaves, Gutters——7—11———18
Rain-water pipes1—8—29———38
Yard and Area;——————
Pavings——14—3———17
Walls rendered or repaired—13—31———44
Rooms: Wall & Ceiling plaster1146_173—5226
Passages & Staircases: Wall & Ceiling plaster——16—40—1—57
Floors——8—43—7—58
Stair Treads, Banisters& Balustrades——10—33144
Window and Door Frames, fittings and sash cords2—102—261—1—366
Dampness remedied——36—312———348
Vertical damp proof course provided——4—————4
Fireplaces & Fire-ranges repaired——19—37——56
Washing Coppers repaired——1—————l
Natural Ventilation provided or improved————1——12
Chimneys and Flues——3_3—_—6
Natural Lighting provided or improved——9———_—9
Miscellaneous——3—52———55
Carried forward41388—1113361381608