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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 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table 9.—Dwelling Houses-Reason for Initial Inspection

Table 9.—Dwelling Houses-Reason for Initial Inspection

Complaints4,467
Routine1,278
Smoke Control1,041
Infectious Disease490
Underground Rooms501
Applications for Grants and Loans352
Housing circumstances1,293
Drainage737
Rodent Control740
Miscellaneous580

Table: Table 10.—Dwelling Houses-Nuisances and UnsatisfactoryConditions Found and Remedied

Table 10.—Dwelling Houses-Nuisances and Unsatisfactory

Conditions Found and Remedied

Houses, damp, dirty or dilapidated663
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, firegrates defective1,027
Insufficient or unsuitable W.C. accommodation23
Drains, W.C.s and waste pipe stoppages181
Drains, W.C.s and waste pipes defective270
Yard, area and washhouse defects36
Roofs, gutters and rainwater pipes defective423
Water supplies absent or insufficient28
Water cisterns dirty or defective23
Ashpits, dustbins, etc., insufficient or defective86
Rubbish accumulations208
Animal nuisances3
Miscellaneous251

Table: Table 11.—Summary of Visits by Public Health Inspectors

Table 11.—Summary of Visits by Public Health Inspectors

Clean Air Act1,728
Drainage and New Developments11,198
Dwelling Houses (general matters)19,989
Factories (other than building sites)360
Food and Catering Premises10,857
Hairdressers' Establishments46
Infectious Disease800
Noise1,193
Offices1,707
Pigeons76
Rodent Control989
Shops801
Smoke Observations495
Town Planning27
Vermin investigations295
Other purposes1,507

Table: Table 12—Statutory Notices Served

Table 12—Statutory Notices Served

Public Health Acts, 1936 and 1961608
Clean Air Act, 1956137
London County Council Drainage Byelaws9
London County Council Watercloset Byelaws8
Noise Abatement Act, 19601
Local Bylaws—Artificial Lighting to Common Staircases..12