London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Acton 1915

[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 Infected Houses 861
„ Infected cases removed to Isolation Hospital 620
,, Library Books dealt with after Infectious Disease 62
„ Closets Disinfected after Enteric 4
„ Rooms Disinfected after Infectious Disease 283
„ „ „ „ Cancer 61
„ „ „ „ Phthisis 79
„ „ „ „ Verminous 17
„ ,, stripped and cleaned after lnfectious Disease 168
„ Articles disinfected or destroyed after lnfectious Large quantities of
Disease and Phthisis Bedding & Clothing
„ Preliminary Notices served 1,083
„ Statutory Notices served 282
,, Bye-law Notices served 121
„ Letters received 1,756
,, „ written 1,905
„ Notices received from H.M. Inspector of Factories 11
„ Notification of Waste of Water sent to Metropolitan Water
Board 75
„ Complaints received (Written) 305
„ „ „ (Verbal) 334
„ „ „ (Health Visitor) 185
„ Inspection of Premises on Complaint 824
,, „ „ without Complaint 954
„ „ „ after Infectious Disease 272
„ „ „ House to House 171
„ Premises under Periodical Inspection 758
„ Re-inspections of Premises 7,098
„ Interviews with Owners or Agents 1,274
„ Houses dealt with under Section 15 none
,, Houses let in Lodgings Registered under Bye-laws 93
,, Contraventions under Bye-laws 314
„ Nuisances abated and Insanitary conditions remedied 4,386
„ „ „ from Movable Dwellings, Caravans, &c. 19
,, Movable Dwellings, Caravans, &c., observed in District 46
„ „ „ „ „ removed from District 35
,, Overcrowding Nuisances abated 33
„ Rooms, &c., cleansed, repaired, &c. 952