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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Inspections of confectioners premises | 329 |
| do confectionery manufacturer | 35 |
| do cafes, snack bars, canteens, hotels and their kitchens | 1,424 |
| do school kitchens and serveries | 87 |
| do hospital kitchens | 61 |
| do ice cream vendors premises | 4 |
| do ice cream barrews and earta | 147 |
| do market and barrows | 638 |
| do other food premises not enumerated above | 149 |
| Licenced premises | 189 |
| Inspections of factories with mechanical power | 495 |
| do factories without mechanical power | 20 |
| do works of building and engineering | 185 |
| do shops (under Shops Acts) | 1,217 |
| do outworkers premises | 251 |
| Appointments kept with owners, builders, etc | 5,677 |
| Investigations of complaints other than housing matters | 1,099 |
| Inspections under Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act | 6 |
| do Diseases of Animals Act | 38 |
| do Pets Act | 49 |
| do Pharmacy and Poisons Act | 31 |
| do Noise Abatement Act | 863 |
| do Consumer Protection Act | 84 |
| do Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act | 3,519 |
| Visits regarding rats and mice infestation by rodent operators | 13,613 |
| Visits regarding rats and mice infestation by district inspectors | 1,321 |
| Informal Notices outstanding 31.12.66 | 2,434 |
| Informal Notices served | 1,378 |
| Informal Notices complied with | 2,032 |
| Informal Notices outstanding 31.12.67 | 1,780 |
| Statutory Notices outstanding 31.12.66 | 955 |
| Statutory Notices served | 1,141 |
| Statutory Notices complied with | 1,175 |
| Statutory Notices outstanding 31.12.67 | 921 |
| Total number of callers and complaints received at the office | 8,903 |
| Toted number of letters received at the office | 14,952 |
| Planning applications and plans scrutinised | 1,693 |
Nuisances, Infringements of Acts, Byelaws, Regulations or
Orders ascertained by the Public Health Inspectors during the
year 1967 and for which action was taken to enforce compliance:
(1) NUISANCES ABATED AND DEFECTS REMEDIED, ETC.
Insufficient means of ventilation:
Defective ventilation, windows and sashcords 70
Conditions ceasing dampness:
Defective roofs 183
Defective window frames 125
Defective walls, etc. 86
Want of efficient damp-proof coarse . 31
Defective gutters and downspouts 129
Other structural defects:
Defective plaster 101
Cleansing and redecorating required 17
Defective floors stairs and woodwork 160
Insufficient ventilation under floor 13
Defective brickwork, sills lintels, chimneys 121
Defective stoves and fireplaces and flues 14