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 Croydon]
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HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
There are 49 houses registered under the bye-laws. During the
year these houses received 949 visits.
On no occasion were offences discovered for which prosecutions
were necessary.
At the present moment the following houses are registered as
houses let in lodgings:-
Wilford Road 25
Forster Road 12
Holmesdale Road 4
Ely Road 8
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HOUSE INSPECTIONS made by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year ended 31st December, 1918.
Inspector. | House-to-House Inspections. | Informal Notices served. | Informal Notices complied with. |
---|---|---|---|
Culver | 5 | 120 | 75 |
Peck | 153 | 188 | 176 |
Richardson | 241 | 418 | 385 |
Vincent | 383 | 312 | 3°4 |
Hunt | 173 | 231 | 204 |
Bull | - | 9 | 9 |
Totals for the | year 955 | 1 278 | 1158 |
The amount of routine house-to-house inspection is much lower
than what is desirable, but the reduction in the sanitary inspecting staff
arising out of war circumstances makes this unavoidable. The main
attention of the inspectorate has been directed towards the detection
and abatement of actual existing nuisances, the routine work unavoidably
having been left alone to a considerable extent.
As a result of these inspections, 1,278 preliminary notices were
served during the year.
The numbers in this table are in addition to 633 inspections of
houses where infectious diseases have been notified, and 68 inspections
on request of larger houses where the drains were tested and special
reports sent to occupiers, prospective occupiers, or owners.
Full details of general sanitary work are given in the Summary in
Table VII.