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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
Chislehurst 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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5. Housing.
(i) Routine Inspections.
127 visits were made to premises in connection with the
Housing Acts.
(ii) Clearance Areas.
No clearance areas have been declared during the year under
review.
(ii) Individually Unfit Houses.
No individually unfit houses have been declared during the
year.
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| Cesspools: | (iii) Cleaned | 442 |
| (i) Cleaned | 37 | |
| (ii) Reconstructed | 4 | |
| (iii) Abolished | 1 | |
| Baths, lavatory basins and sinks | 29 | |
| Yard paving | 11 | |
| Floors | 38 | |
| Sub-floor ventilators | 30 | |
| Walls and ceilings redecorated | 39 | |
| Walls and ceilings repaired | 87 | |
| Dampness, roofs, walls and rainwater pipes | 124 | |
| Verminous premises | 55 | |
| Refuse receptacles | 34 | |
| Water supplies | 92 | |
| Keeping of animals | 39 | |
| Offensive accumulations | 55 | |
| Rats | 187 | |
| Smoke | 3 | |
| Rivers and streams | 4 . | |
| Keeping of food | 11 | |
| Tents, vans and sheds | 21 | |
| Various | 131 | |
| Total | 1,713 | |