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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 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT IN DISTRICT IN PURSUANCE OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND NOTICES

SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT IN DISTRICT IN PURSUANCE OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND NOTICES

SERVED, &c.
No. of Visits paid to Infectcd Houses902
,, Infected cases removed to Isolation Hospital159
,, Library Books dealt with after Infectious Disease36
,, Closets disinfected after Enteric7
,, Rooms disinfected after Infectious Disease237
,, ,, ,, ,,Cancer6
,, ,, ,, „ Phthisis82
,, ,, ,, Verminous22
,, „ stripped and cleansed after Infectious Disease152
,, Articles disinfected or destroyed after Infectious Disease and Phthis'sLarge quantities of
Bedding & Clothing
„ Preliminary Notices served1,040
,, Notices of Intention to Inspect1,069
„ Statutory Notices served7,9
„ Letters received1,952
,, ,, written2,413
,, Notices received from H.M. Inspector of Factories7
,, Notifications of Waste of Water sent to Metropolitan Water Board37
,, Complaints received (Written)343
(Verbal)297840
„ „ „ (Health Visitor)200
,, Inspection of Premises on Complaint840
,, ,, ,, without Complaint316
,, „ ,, after Infectious Disease3472,097
„ „ „ House to House594
,, Premises under Periodical Inspection569
,, Reinspections of Premises9,242
,, Interviews with Owners or Agents1,226
,, Houses dealt with under Section 1512
,, Houses let in Lodgings Registered under Bye-Laws62
,, Contraventions under Bye-Laws46
,, Nuisances abated and Insanitary Conditions remedied4,858
„ „ „ from Movable Dwellings, Caravans, &c.24
,, Movable Dwellings, Caravans, &c., observed in District42
„ „ „ „ removed from District22
,, Overcrowding Nuisance abated23
„ Rooms, &c., cleansed, repaired, &c1,232
„ Roofs, R.\V. pipes, gutters, plastering, repaired777