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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Table 8.—Dwelling Houses—Reason for Initial Inspection
1968 | 1967 | |
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Complaints | 3,774 | 3,585 |
Routine | 1,158 | 1,183 |
Smoke Control | 907 | 912 |
Infectious Disease | 380 | 359 |
Underground Rooms | 397 | 399 |
Application for Grants and Loans | 245 | 341 |
Housing circumstances | 1,103 | 1,368 |
Drainage | 1,405 | 1,676 |
Rodent Control | 658 | 493 |
Miscellaneous | 600 | 520 |
Table 9.—Dwelling Houses—Nuisances and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found and Remedied
1968 | 1967 | |
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Houses, damp, dirty or dilapidated | 248 | 217 |
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, firegrates defective | 1,158 | 1,019 |
Insufficient or unsuitable W.C. accommodation | 100 | 101 |
Drains, W.Cs and waste pipe stoppages | 196 | 167 |
Drains, W.Cs and waste pipe defective | 461 | 397 |
Yard, area and washhouse defects | 37 | 51 |
Roofs, gutters and rainwater pipes defective | 477 | 355 |
Water supplies absent or insufficient | 22 | 28 |
Water cisterns dirty or defective | 37 | 23 |
Ashpits, dustbins, etc, insufficient or defective | 102 | 52 |
Rubbish accumulations | 253 | 217 |
Animal nuisances | 8 | 2 |
Miscellaneous | 351 | 134 |
Table 10.—Summary of Visits by Public Health Inspectors
1968 | 1967 | |
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Clean Air Act | 1,549 | 1,531 |
Drainage and New Developments | 12,024 | 13,075 |
Dwelling Houses (general matters) | 17,728 | 18,707 |
Factories (other than building sites) | 551 | 538 |
Food and Catering Premises | 10,386 | 11,894 |
Hairdressers' Establishments | 51 | 76 |
Infectious Disease | 979 | 948 |
Noise | 1,141 | 1,193 |
Offices | 2,063 | 2,304 |
Pigeons | 79 | 154 |
Rodent Control | 1,685 | 1,463 |
Shops | 803 | 864 |
Smoke Observations | 480 | 331 |
Town Planning | 49 | 42 |
Vermin investigations | 703 | 721 |
Other purposes | 2,151 | 1,730 |