Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year by. or under the supervision of, the public health inspectors and their assistants:-
Inspections made | Initial Visits | Re-visits | |
---|---|---|---|
Public Health Acts 1936 and 1961 | |||
Complalnts | 4,168 | 4,527 | |
Infectious disease enquiries | 945 | Nil | |
Drainage work inspected | 7,258 | 2,295 | |
Drains tested | 699 | Nil | |
Clean Air Act 1956 | |||
Area survey | lc 982 | Nil | |
Adaptations | 592 | 6 | |
Smoke emissions | 92 | 9 | |
Smoke observations | 195 | Nil | |
Air Pollution Recording Stations | 1,039 | Nil | |
New furnaces and chimney heights | 89 | Nil | |
Housing Acts 1957 to 1969 | |||
Routine inspections (not included below) | 984 | 737 | |
Houses in multiple occupation | 2,451 | ||
Overcrowding | 446 | 447 | |
Underground rooms | 329 | 203 | |
Improvement grants | 1,155 | 1,321 | |
General improvement areas | 277 | 500 | |
Factories Act 1961 | |||
Factories (mechanical) | 386 | 3 | |
Factories (non-mechanical) | 21 | Nil | |
Outworkers | 15 | Nil | |
Offices„ Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 | |||
Offices | 622 | Nil | |
Retail Shops | 665 | 17 | |
Wholesale shops and warehouses | 22 | 2 | |
Fuel Storage depots | 1 | Nil | |
Catering establishments and canteens | 342 | 65 | |
Other visits (not general inspections) | 8 ,218 | 29 | |
Food and Drugs Act 1955 | |||
Butchers | 48 | 5 | |
Bread and cake shops | 23 | 4 | |
Fishmongers and friers | 9 | 11 | |
General provision shops | 237 | 34 | |
Greengrocers | 44 | 14 | |
Milk Vendors | 34 | 3 | |
Ice cream vendors | 89 | 1 | |
Ice cream manufacturers | 4 | Nil | |
Bakehouses | 5 | Nil | |
Chocolate and confectionery | 24 | Nil | |
Street traders, stalls,, etc. | 494 | Nil | |
Street traders' stores | 1 | Nil | |
Wholesale warehouses | 3 | Nil | |
Catering establishments | 1,100 | 562 | |
Clubs | 35 | 1 | |
Inspection of Food | 226 | Nil | |
Sampling | 534 | Nil | |
Other visits | 220 | 7 |