Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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COMPLAINTS RECEIVED
General disrepair and insanitary conditions | 31 |
Dampness | 5 |
Defective drainage systems | 40 |
Blocked drainage systems | 185 |
Defective drainage fittings | 12 |
Defective W.C. pans and flushing apparatus | 7 |
Defective service water pipes | 3 |
Absence of, or defective dustbins | 1 |
Accumulation of refuse, etc. | 15 |
Rats and mice | 291 |
Insect pests, etc. | 70 |
Wasps nests | 192 |
Smoke nuisance | 5 |
Contaminated food | 18 |
Unsound food | 27 |
Miscellaneous | 75 |
Total | 977 |
VISITS CARRIED OUT AND INTERVIEWS | |
Number of houses visited in respect of improvement and repair | 374 |
Number of reinspections made to above houses in respect of improvement and repair | 3,878 |
Verminous premises | 51 |
Insect pests | 390 |
Water supply | 11 |
Tents, vans and sheds | 72 |
Fabrics Misdescription Regulations | 18 |
Schools | 18 |
Places of entertainment | 3 |
Licensed premises | 82 |
Storage of refuse | 27 |
Accumulation | 168 |
Piggeries, fowls and other animals | 102 |
Stables | 8 |
Rodent control | 4,770 |
Drainage inspected | 1,194 |
Drainage tested | 423 |
Pail closets | 3 |
Cesspools | 42 |
Urinals | 3 |
Sewers and street gullies | 146 |
Dairies and milkshops | 48 |
Ice cream premises | 17 |
Meat shops | 155 |
Food preparing premises | 451 |
Other food shops | 635 |
Bakehouses - Power | 43 |
-Other | 1 |