London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of Westminster 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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duties connected with housing and infectious disease, factories, workshops
and workplaces, and others relating to the sanitary conditions of the
City. Details of inspections, &c., made under the Housing Acts during
the year appear in the Housing Section of this Report.
Table LXY.—District Sanitary Inspection.
| Inspection of premises:— | water-Closets— | ||
| Directly approaohed from rooms | 122 | ||
| Primary Inspections— | |||
| Accommodation insufficient | 102 | ||
| 1,101 | |||
| (b) Infectious disease | 786 | Water Supply— | |
| (c) Special Housing Inspections | 2,663 | ||
| Insufficient or unsatisfactory | 35 | ||
| Cisterns dirty and uncovered | 62 | ||
| 2,449 | |||
| Absence of—in upper floors of tenement houses | 3 | ||
| (e) Housing applications | 412 | ||
| (f) Other reasons | 2,980 | Dustbins— | |
| Total | 10,391 | Absence of | 56 |
| Insufficient | 42 | ||
| Re-inspections | 13,847 | Defective | 39 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 4 | ||
| Other nuisances | 422 | ||
| Primary inspections— | |||
| 478 | Dangerous structures noted | 23 | |
| (6) Other reasons | 6,105 | Overcrowding | 98 |
| Total | 6,583 | Sanitary works supervised:— | |
| Re-inspections | 3,942 | Drains (including soil, waste, rainwater pipes, etc.)— | |
| 34,763 | |||
| Constructed | 8,233 | ||
| Altered, repaired, etc. | 1,942 | ||
| Intercepting traps fixed | 95 | ||
| Petrol interceptors provided | 26 | ||
| 2,256 | Tested by smoke | 603 | |
| (b) Voluntary works | 14,872 | „ chemical | 348 |
| Nuisances, etc.:— | „ water | 1,427 | |
| „ air | 646 | ||
| Defective or dirty conditions of internal structure | 1,629 | ||
| Water-closets— | |||
| Verminous conditions | 351 | Constructed | 2,562 |
| Damp conditions | 709 | Repaired and reconditioned | 876 |
| Inadequate under-floor ventilation | 439 | Urinals— | |
| Constructed | 305 | ||
| Defective drainage, water-closets, etc. | 562 | ||
| Repaired and reconditioned | 33 | ||
| „ roofs | 216 | Waste Fittings fixed— | |
| ,, paving of areas, etc. | 63 | Baths | 1,461 |
| Water-closets— | Bidets | 106 | |
| Insufficiently ventilated or lighted | 480 | Lavatory basins | 3,672 |
| Sinks, etc. | 2,445 |