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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Duties Performed by the Sanitary Inspectors.
The following statistics show the work of the Sanitary Inspectors
daring the year:—
| Complaint | 1,502 |
| House to House (by Housing Inspectors) | 555 |
| Routine | 464 |
| Infectious disease | 507 |
| Underground rooms | 611 |
| Other parts | 4 |
| Housing applications | 428 |
| Building licences and permits | 84 |
| Drainage—voluntary | 1,081 |
| Drainage—under notice | 1 |
| Sanitary defects—voluntary | 13 |
| Sanitary defects—under notice0 | 8 |
| Aged and infirm | 170 |
| Common lodging houses | 20 |
| Rodent control | 704 |
| Other reasons | 582 |
| 6,734 | |
Included in the above totals—
Requisitioned properties 158
Houses let in lodgings 515
Council properties 162
8,971 Re-inspections were made following the above inspections.
Notices served.
Public Health (London) Act 347
London County Council (Drainage) Bylaws, 1934 14
London County Council (Water Closet) Bylaws, 1930 4
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 32
397
Statutory notices 34