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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In addition to the analyses carried out by the Waterworks Company,
samples have also been taken from consumers' taps by the Public
Health Inspectors and sent for Bacteriological analyses once per month,
and Chemical analyses once per six months, and the results have confirmed
the findings of the Company.
(ii) Sanitary Inspection of the Area
The Senior Public Health 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, 1,309 complaints were received, and investigated,
and 3,577 visits were made for this purpose.
TABLE 10
Nature and Number of Inspections During the Year | |
---|---|
Accumulations and Refuse Deposits | 98 |
Bakehouses | 34 |
Butchers' Shops and Stalls, etc. | 153 |
Cesspools | 196 |
Common Lodging Houses | 3 |
Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops | 139 |
Drains, relaid or altered | 171 |
Drainage—obstructed or defective | 510 |
Drains Tested | 86 |
Disinfections and Disinfestations | 9 |
Dustbins | 93 |
Establishments for Massage and Special treatment | 23 |
Factories Act (Mechanical Power) | 147 |
Factories Act (Non-mechanical) | 52 |
Factories Act (Outworkers Premises) | 101 |
Food Preparing Premises | 297 |
Food Hawkers | 54 |
Food Inspections | 395 |
Food Sampling;—Formal | 16 |
Food Sampling—Informal | 202 |
Food Shops | 344 |
Housing Acts | 507 |
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act 1952 | 118 |
Ice Cream | 125 |
Infectious Disease including Food Poisoning | 2577 |
Insects and pests | 73 |
Keeping of Animals | 50 |
Milk Sampling | 111 |
Miscellaneous | 445 |
Markets | 62 |
Nuisances, Public Health Act | 2178 |
Old Metal Dealers | 26 |
Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 32 |
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 | 2702 |
Public Baths | 39 |
Public Conveniences | 20 |