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 Romford]
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the water supplied from the Company's wells, and of the water
going into supply.
Analyses are also made of samples obtained from consumers'
taps in various parts of the Company's district all proved to be
satisfactory.
A total of over 3,800 Chemical, Bacteriological, and Biological
examinations have been made.
(e) The waters are not liable to plumbo-solvent action.
(f) No contamination has arisen, therefore no action has been
necessary."
In addition to the analyses carried out by the Waterworks Company,
samples have also been taken from consumers' taps by the Sanitary
Inspectors and sent for Bacteriological analyses once per month, and
Chemical analyses one per six months, and the results have confirmed
the findings of the Company.
(ii) Sanitary Inspection of the Area
The Senior Sanitary Inspector has given me the undermentioned
report, as required by Article 27 (18) of the Sanitary Officers' (Outside
London) Regulations, 1935, and also the particulars which follow: —
During the year, 1,624 complaints were received, and investigated.
Nature and Number of Inspections During the Year
Accumulations and Refuse Deposits | 47 |
Bakehouses | 24 |
Butchers' Shops and Stalls, etc. | 169 |
Cesspools | 119 |
Common Lodging Houses | 20 |
Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops | 78 |
Drains, relaid or altered | 131 |
Drainage—obstructed or defective | 791 |
Drains Tested | 94 |
Disinfections and disinfestationsi | 20 |
Dustbins | 91 |
Establishments for Massage and Special treatment | 17 |
Factories Act (Mechanical Power) | 137 |
Factories Act (Non-mechanical) | 68 |
Factories Act (Outworkers Premises) | 205 |
Food Preparing Premises | 353 |
Food Hawkers | 47 |
Food Inspection | 418 |
Food Sampling—Formal | 81 |
Food Sampling—Informal | 156 |
Food Shops | 188 |
Housing Acts | 2,336 |
Ice Cream | 192 |
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act 1952 | 52 |
Infectious Disease | 1,218 |
Insects and Pests | 10 |
Keeping of Animate | 14 |