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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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 |