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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
Acton 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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STAFF EMPLOYED IN SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
Maurice W. Kinch
John J. Jenkins
Arthur Thomas
E. W. Brooks
Agnes Cooksey
Gertrude James
Rebecca M. Morton
T. Burrows
Chief Inspector.
District Inspector.
District Inspector.
House to House Inspector.
Health Visitor.
Assistant Health Visitor and
School Nurse.
Clerk.
Disinfector.
SANITARY WORK.
Inspections—Number of premises inspected on complaint 1486
Number of premises inspected in connection with infectious
diseases 2408
Number of premises under periodical Inspection 179
Houses inspected from house-to-house 203
Total number of inspections and re-inspections made 8193
Notices—Cautionary or intimation notices given 645
Statutory orders issued 740
Dwelling Houses—Houses, Premises, &c , Cleansed, Repaired, &c 1127
Common Lodging Houses—Numbers registered under bye-laws 3
Number of inspections made 306
Number of contraventions 7
Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, &c.—Number observed during
the year 35
Number of Nuisances
therefrom abated 5
Number removed from
District 35
Bakehouses—Number in District 26
Contraventions of Factory Acts 8
Slaughter-houses—Number on register 4
Number of inspections made 202
Frequency of inspection weekly
Cow-sheds—Number on register 2
Number of inspections made 27
Frequency of inspection Quarterly
Number of milch cows in district 105