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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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| Number of cases in which defects were | Number of cases in which | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | prosecutions were Instituted | |||
| Want of cleanliness (S.l) | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7): — | |||||
| (a) Insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 25 | 24 | 4 | 10 | — |
| (c) Not separate for sexes | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Total | 36 | 35 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
OUTWORK: Nil.
Table VI. in the Appendix gives full details of the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1953.
The following are the aggregate totals under the respective headings :—
| Housing | 4,435 |
| Infectious Diseases | 301 |
| Food Premises, Sampling Visits, etc. | 1,711 |
| Factories, Outworkers, etc. | |
| Moveable Dwellings | 663 |
| Smoke Abatement and Shops Act | 243 |
| Rodent Control | 1,204 |
| Miscellaneous | 177 |
| Total | 9,002 |
| Notices issued :— | |
| Preliminary: | |
| General Sanitary defects | 213 |
| Food Premises | 74 |
| Factories, etc | 7 |
| Rodent Control | 23 |
| 317 | |
| Statutory: | |
| Housing | |
| Total | 319 |
Total number of Food Condemnation Certificates issued 418.