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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
Croydon 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTAL WORK.
| Total no. of houses inspected for Housing Defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 3934 |
| No. of houses inspected under the Housing (Inspection of District Regulations, 1910) | 2558 |
| No. of houses inspected under the Rent Restrictions Act, 1920 | 55 |
| No. of houses inspected where zymotic diseases have occurred | 297 |
| House drains tested with smoke (primary) | 349 |
| House drains tested on application | 105 |
| No. of smoke tests during repair | 236 |
| No. of water tests during repair | 191 |
| Final test of drains after repair | 47 |
| Final test of drains when completely relaid | 15 |
| Inspections of Stables and animal manure pits | 214 |
| ,, Yards and passages | 578 |
| ,, Urinals | 385 |
| „ Pig Styes | 149 |
| ,, Theatres, Cinemas, etc | 65 |
| ,, Schools | 37 |
| ,, Common Lodging Houses, including night visits | 395 |
| ,, Houses let in lodgings | 77 |
| ,, Tents and vans | 3 |
| ,, Premises where offensive trades are conducted | 43 |
| ,, Greengrocers and fishmongers | 51 |
| „ Ice Cream Shops | 320 |
| ,, Hotel and Cafe Kitchens | 142 |
| Smoke observations | 11 |
| No. of visits re Infectious Diseases | 817 |
| Inspection of Shops (under Shop Acts) | 857 |
| ,, (for sanitation) | 457 |
| Inspection of Dairies | 241 |
| ,, Cowsheds | 119 |
| „ Milkshops | 397 |
| „ Premises where food is prepared or sold | 4859 |
| ,, Slaughterhouses | 1133 |
| „ Factories | 389 |
| „ Laundries | 36 |
| ,, Workshops | 489 |
| „ Bakehouses | 302 |
| „ Outworkers | 139 |
| ,, Workplaces | 22 |
| Visits to employers of outworkers | 59 |
| Reinspections of work in progress | 17643 |
| Sundry inspections | 2159 |
| Sundrv visits | 5535 |
| Complaints from public investigated (other than inspection of house) | 2254 |
| Informal notices outstanding 31/12/23 | 603 |
| „ ,, served | 6568 |
| n „ complied | 5349 |
| outstanding (including 386 overcrowding notices) | 1822 |
| Statutory notices served | 853 |
| abated | 526 |
| Letters sent | 3200 |
| Interviews with callers | 1367 |