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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

Leyton 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: SANITARY INSPECTIONS OF THE AREA.Inspections.The table below gives a summary of the Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors :—

SANITARY INSPECTIONS OF THE AREA.

Inspections.

The table below gives a summary of the Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors :—

Number of dwelling-houses inspected2,611
Number of house-to-house inspections852
Miscellaneous inspections573
Re-inspections8,659
Piggeries1
Places of entertainment8
Schools21
Stables218
Public Conveniences87
Urinals110
Inspections under Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act433
Visits in connection with infectious disease270
Factories without mechanical power142
Factories with mechanical power309
Offices54
Outworkers' premises651
Rag and bone dealers12
Foster-mothers' premises56
Hairdressers' premises125
Public Houses28
Nature of Work Executed and Improvements Effected in Dwelling-houses and other Premises under the Provisions of the Housing and Public Health Acts.
Dampness remedied684
Sashcords renewed206
Plaster repaired942
Roofs repaired or renewed751
Guttering repaired or renewed345
Yards paved165
Drains re laid or partly relaid257
Choked drains cleared16
New w.c. pan and traps provided77