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 Acton]
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SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT IN DISTRICT IN PURSUANCE OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND NOTICES
SERVED, &c. | |||
No. of Visits paid to Infectcd Houses | 902 | ||
,, Infected cases removed to Isolation Hospital | 159 | ||
,, Library Books dealt with after Infectious Disease | 36 | ||
,, Closets disinfected after Enteric | 7 | ||
,, Rooms disinfected after Infectious Disease | 237 | ||
,, ,, ,, ,,Cancer | 6 | ||
,, ,, ,, „ Phthisis | 82 | ||
,, ,, ,, Verminous | 22 | ||
,, „ stripped and cleansed after Infectious Disease | 152 | ||
,, Articles disinfected or destroyed after Infectious Disease and Phthis's | Large quantities of | ||
Bedding & Clothing | |||
„ Preliminary Notices served | 1,040 | ||
,, Notices of Intention to Inspect | 1,069 | ||
„ Statutory Notices served | 7,9 | ||
„ Letters received | 1,952 | ||
,, ,, written | 2,413 | ||
,, Notices received from H.M. Inspector of Factories | 7 | ||
,, Notifications of Waste of Water sent to Metropolitan Water Board | 37 | ||
,, Complaints received (Written) | 343 | ||
(Verbal) | 297 | 840 | |
„ „ „ (Health Visitor) | 200 | ||
,, Inspection of Premises on Complaint | 840 | ||
,, ,, ,, without Complaint | 316 | ||
,, „ ,, after Infectious Disease | 347 | 2,097 | |
„ „ „ House to House | 594 | ||
,, Premises under Periodical Inspection | 569 | ||
,, Reinspections of Premises | 9,242 | ||
,, Interviews with Owners or Agents | 1,226 | ||
,, Houses dealt with under Section 15 | 12 | ||
,, Houses let in Lodgings Registered under Bye-Laws | 62 | ||
,, Contraventions under Bye-Laws | 46 | ||
,, Nuisances abated and Insanitary Conditions remedied | 4,858 | ||
„ „ „ from Movable Dwellings, Caravans, &c. | 24 | ||
,, Movable Dwellings, Caravans, &c., observed in District | 42 | ||
„ „ „ „ removed from District | 22 | ||
,, Overcrowding Nuisance abated | 23 | ||
„ Rooms, &c., cleansed, repaired, &c | 1,232 | ||
„ Roofs, R.\V. pipes, gutters, plastering, repaired | 777 |