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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 1959

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1959

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Table: SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGHSUMMARY OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORSDURING THE YEAR 1959.

SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH

SUMMARY OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

DURING THE YEAR 1959.

Number of complaints received during the year821
INSPECTIONS AND RE-VISITS. DWELLINGS:
Inspections after complaints2,430
Inspections after infectious disease813
House-to-House inspections438
Underground Rooms155
Overcrowding and "Permitted Numbers"126
Other Visits424,011
FOOD PREMISES:
Butchers281
Fishmongers and Fish Friers77
Genera1 Provision Shops21
Dairies161
Ice Cream Vendors230
Ice Cream Manufacturers9
Bakehouses48
Street Stalls and Barrows80
Food Factories (Mechanical)14
Food Factories (Non-mechanical)1
Hotels, Restaurants and Dining Rooms1,065
Premises in connection with -unsound food154
Premises in connection with food sampling206
Other food premises1532,505
FACTORIES AND OUTWORKERS:
Factories other than Food Factories (Mechanical)294
Factories other than Food Factories (Non-mechanical)115
Outworkers26435
DRAINAGES
Drains tested: (a) by water657
(b) by smoke103
(c) by air130890
Carried forward7,8U