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 Westminster, City of]
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Included in the above totals are:—
Houses in multiple occupation | 212 |
Council properties | 144 |
Aged and infirm persons | 91 |
Common Lodging Houses | 9 |
4,891 re-inspections were made following the above inspections. A further 381 visits were made by the medical officers. Notices served | |
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | 34 |
L.C.C. (Drainage) Byelaws | 1 |
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act | 1 |
36 | |
Statutory Notices | 6 |
Nuisances, defective and unsatisfactory conditions found:- | |
Defective, dirty internally | 16 |
Damp | 69 |
Defective drainage | 19 |
Defective roofs | 15 |
Water closets:— | |
Insufficient ventilation, light | 3 |
Defective or dirty | 10 |
Water supply:— | |
Insufficient | 2 |
Supply, absence of in upper floors | 2 |
Cisterns dirty | 1 |
Smells | 33 |
Rubbish | 21 |
Animals | 5 |
Verminous | 26 |
Cockroaches | 9 |