London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Chelsea 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea]
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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH
Set out below are the numbers and type of visits and inspections carried out during the year by the Sanitary Inspectors.
| Number of Complaints received | l,48l | ||
| INSPECTIONS: | |||
| DWELLINGS | |||
| Houses inspected after complaints | 5,595 | ||
| Houses inspected after Infectious Disease | 472 | ||
| House-to-House inspections | 1,096 | ||
| Underground Rooms | 3 | ||
| Overcrowding and "Permitted Numbers" | 254 | ||
| Visits to obtain information re Housing applications | 79 | ||
| Inspections of Council flats for vermin | 65 | ||
| Other Visits | 314 | 7,878 | |
| FOOD PREMISES | |||
| Butchers | 106 | ||
| Horseflesh Dealers | 17 | ||
| Fishmongers and Fish Friers | 49 | ||
| General Provision Shops, including Delicatessen Shops | 177 | ||
| Dairies and General Stores selling Milk | 58 | ||
| Ice Cream Vendors (Premises, Stalls, Vehicles) | 90 | ||
| Ice Cream Manufacturers | 29 | ||
| Bakehouses and Underground Bakehouses | 49 | ||
| Street Stalls and Barrows | 35 | ||
| Food Factories (Mechanical) other than Bakehouses | 16 | ||
| Food Factories (Non-Mechanical) other than Bakehouses | 1 | ||
| Hotels, Restaurants, and Dining Rooms | 349 | ||
| Premises in connection with Unsound Food | 235 | ||
| Premises in connection with Sampling | 197 | ||
| Game and Poultry Keepers | 9 | ||
| Premises for the purpose of Surrender of Food | 113 | ||
| Premises for the purpose of Seizure of Food | 4 | ||
| Other Food Premises | 263 | 1,797 | |
| FACTORIES AND OUTWORKERS | |||
| Factories - other than Food Factories (Mechanical) | 257 | ||
| Factories - other than Food Factories (Non-Mechanical) | 84 | ||
| Outworkers | 27 | 368 | |
| Drains tested - by water | 260 | ||
| -ditto- by smoke | 248 | ||
| -ditto- by air | 40 | ||
| -ditto- by colour | 59 | ||
| -ditto- by chemicals | 1 | ||
| Final tests after repair or reconstruction | 33 | 641 | |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |||
| Public Conveniences and Hotel Conveniences accessible from the street | 40 | ||
| Internal Conveniences at Cinemas, Theatres, Halls, Hotels, etc. | 2 | ||
| Stables and Manure Pits | 12 | ||
| Piggeries, other animals, poultry and birds | 126 | ||
| Open spaces, highways, allotments, fairgrounds, etc. | 169 | ||
| Office premises | 2 | ||
| Premises under Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 | 53 | ||
| Promises to enforce requirements of Shop Acts | 53 | ||
| Premises undor Hydrogen-Cyanide Regulations | 49 | ||
| Visits to premises re Voluntary Works | 3,346 | ||
| Visits to Owners, Builders and Agents offices | 402 | ||
| Smoke observations | 87 | ||
| Food Poisoning | 12 | ||
| Fumigation of Furniture | 4 | ||
| Visits to Aged and Infirm Persons | 173 | ||
| Visits to Verminous Persons | 37 | ||
| Visits to premises resulting in no access | 1,940 | ||
| C/F | 6,507 | ||