London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Romford 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
This page requires JavaScript
(iv) Sanitary Inspection of the Area
(a) COMPLAINTS
During the year 1,656 complaints were received and recorded,
5,796 visits were made to investigate these complaints, and
where necessary notices were served to abate nuisances or
remedy defects.
(b) TABLE 10
NATURE AND NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR
| Accumulations and Refuse Deposits | 156 |
| Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare) | 22 |
| Bakehouses | 37 |
| Butchers' Shops and Stalls, etc. | 255 |
| Cesspools | 126 |
| Clean Air Act General | 144 |
| Clean Air Act Smoke Observations | 88 |
| Clean Air Act Smoke Control Areas | 87 |
| Clean Air Act Atmospheric Pollution | 368 |
| Common Lodging Houses | 11 |
| Dairies and Milkshops | 56 |
| Drains, relaid and altered | 572 |
| Drainage—obstructed or defective | 613 |
| Drains, tested and inspected | 1,057 |
| Disinfections and Disinfestations | 6 |
| Diseases of Animals Act | 31 |
| Dustbins | 79 |
| Establishment for Massage and Special treatment | 7 |
| Fabrics Misdescription Act | 6 |
| Factories Act (Mechanical Power) | 84 |
| Factories Act (Non-mechanical) | 15 |
| Factories Act (Outworkers Premises) | 37 |
| Food Preparing Premises | 222 |
| Food Hawkers | 27 |
| Food Hygiene Observations | 414 |
| Food Inspections | 414 |
| Food Sampling—Formal | 2 |
| Food Sampling—Informal | 208 |
| Food Shops | 357 |
| Food Vehicles | 13 |
Page 51