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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Informal notices outstanding 31-12-50 | 1,620 |
| Informal notices served | 5,179 |
| Informal notices complied | 4,335 |
| Number of Informal Notices referred for Statutory Orders | 860 |
| Informal notices outstanding 31-12-51 | 1,604 |
| Statutory notices outstanding 31-12-50 | 858 |
| Statutory notices served | 1,523 |
| Statutory notices complied | 1,779 |
| Statutory notices outstanding 31-12-51 | 602 |
| Total number of callers and complaints received at the office | 10,671 |
| Total number of letters received at the office | 8,971 |
Nuisances, Infringements of Acts, Byelaws, Regulations or Orders, ascertained by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1951 and for which action was taken to enforce compliance:—
| (1) NUISANCES AND HOUSING DEFECTS AT HOUSES, etc. | |
| Insufficient means of ventilation: | |
| Defective ventilators, windows and sashcords | 814 |
| Conditions causing dampness: | |
| Defective roofs | 1,207 |
| Defective window frames | 378 |
| Defective walls, etc. | 533 |
| Want of efficient damp-proof course | 209 |
| Defective gutters and downspouts | 920 |
| 'Other structural defects: | |
| Defective plaster | 1,138 |
| Cleansing and redecoration required | 1,146 |
| Defective floors and stairs | 543 |
| Insufficient ventilation under floor | 60 |
| Defective brickwork, sills, lintels, chimneys | 484 |
| Defective stoves and fireplaces and flues | 440 |
| Defective drains, sanitary fittings, etc.: | |
| Defective sinks and waste pipes | 380 |
| Defective w.c.'s | 252 |
| Defective drainage | 498 |
| Stoppages in drains | 408 |
| Defective water services and tanks | 71 |
| Domestic nuisances: | |
| Want of cleanliness | 11 |
| Verminous conditions | 56 |
| Other nuisances and infringements: | |
| Offensive accumulations | 102 |
| Overcrowding | 84 |
| Smoke nuisances | 30 |
| Sundry nuisances or defects | 34 |
| Particulars not inserted in Rent Book (Housing Act) | 18 |
| (Rent Restriction Act) | - |