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 1961
Number of Complaints received | 1,450 | ||
Number of Inspections | Dwelling Houses | House-to-House | 338 |
On complaint | 1,446 | ||
After Infectious Disease | 386 | ||
Factories | Where power is used | 98 | |
No power used | – | ||
Others | – | ||
Outworkers | – | ||
Stables | – | ||
Smoke Observations | 147 | ||
Miscellaneous visits, re-inspections (including visits to infectious disease contacts, school inspections, etc.) | 7,803 | ||
Premises requiring amendment | Dwelling Houses | 1,251 | |
Others | 30 | ||
Service of Intimations, etc. Intimations served | 1,039 | ||
Intimations complied with | 990 | ||
Notices served | 499 | ||
Notices complied with | 327 | ||
Pinal notices served | 84 | ||
Pinal notices complied with | 43 | ||
Summonses applied for | 71 | ||
Work done (number of instances not included above): (a) After legal proceedings | 21 | ||
(b) Voluntarily | 68 |
Defects - found in Dwelling Houses:
Nuisances etc. found | Works completed | ||
---|---|---|---|
Drainage: | Drains defective | 21 | 19 |
Drains obstructed | 102 | 99 | |
Waste pipes defective, etc. | 61 | 57 | |
Rainwater pipes not disconnected | — | — | |
W.Cs. and flushing apparatus defective | 127 | 119 |