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 Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE II
INSPECTIONS, INSANITARY CONDITIONS THEN EXISTING AND RE-INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1959
| Number of Complaints received | 1,856 | |||||||
| Number of Inspections | Dwelling Houses | House-to-House | - | |||||
| On complaint | 1,804 | |||||||
| After Infectious Disease | 321 | |||||||
| Factories | Where power is used | 90 | ||||||
| No power used | ||||||||
| Others | - | |||||||
| Outworkers | - | |||||||
| Stables | - | |||||||
| Smoke Observations | 87 | |||||||
| Miscellaneous visits and inspections (including visits to infectious disease contacts, school inspections, etc.) | 1,634 | |||||||
| Re-inspections | 3,769 | |||||||
| Premises requiring amendment | Dwelling Houses | 1,089 | ||||||
| Others | 17 | |||||||
| Service of Intimations, etc. | ||||||||
| Intimations served | 1, 121 | |||||||
| Intimations complied with | 736 | |||||||
| Notices served | 399 | |||||||
| Notices complied with | 229 | |||||||
| Final notices served | 36 | |||||||
| Final notices complied with | 37 | |||||||
| Summonses applied for | 55 | |||||||
| Work done (number of instances not included above): | ||||||||
| 25 | ||||||||
| 171 | ||||||||
| Defects, etc., found in Dwelling Houses: | ||||||||
| Nuisances, etc., found | Works completed | |||||||
| Drainage: Drains defective | 62 | 58 | ||||||
| Drains obstructed | 184 | 174 | ||||||
| Waste pipes defective, etc. | 68 | 49 | ||||||
| Rainwater pipes not disconnected | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| W.Cs. and flushing apparatus defective | 149 | 145 (continued) | ||||||
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