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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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| Other visit | 1,156 | 7,663 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 18,347 |
DETAILS OF NOTICES SERVED DURING 1949.
| PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936. | ||
| Intimations | 603 | |
| Provision of Dustbins | 18 | |
| Drainage - Section 40 | 6 | |
| Food Storage - Section 184 | 2 | |
| Abatement of Nuisances | 228 | 857 |
| HOUSING ACT, 1936. | ||
| Section 9 - Repair of Insanitary Houses | 26 | |
| SHOPS ACT, 1934 - Provision of Sanitary Accommodation | 1 | |
| FACTORIES ACT 1937 - Provision of Sanitary Accommodation | 7 | |
| FOOD AMD DRUGS ACT, 1938 - Section 13, Defects at Food Promises | 23 | |
| GRAND TOTAL | 914 | |
Issue of Certificates under Rent Restrictions Acts 1
A total of six hundred and eighty-two notices,
of which six hundred and forty-eight had been served under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936, were complied with during the year.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. Two appeals against works required by notices
served under section 9 of the Housing Act, 1936, were disallowed,
costs being awarded to the Council. An Order was also secured in
respect of work not being carried out as required by a nuisance notice
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936. In this instance also
costs were granted to the Council.