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 Ruislip]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
Premises Inspected | Total Visits. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Public Health Acts. | |||
Houses inspected for nuisances | 122 | 493 | |
Verminous premises | 44 | 215 | |
Caravans | 2 | 3 | |
Ponds, ditches, watercourses, insects etc. | 15 | 24 | |
Animals, pigs, poultry etc. | 18 | 53 | |
Yards, passages and footpaths | 179 | 185 | |
Other nuisances | 107 | 179 | |
Water supplies | 5 | 10 | |
Drainage inspected or tested | 713 | 966 | |
Infectious disease general enquiries | - | 773 | |
Hospital discharges | - | 179 | |
Military billets | 10 | 10 | |
Schools | 23 | ||
Camping sites | 4 | 13 | |
Rats & Mice Destruction Act. | |||
Premises visited by Sanitary Inspectors | 200 | 237 | |
Housing Acts. | |||
Houses inspected etc. | 317 | 709 | |
Pood & Drugs Act. | |||
Poodshops and cafes | 26 | 27 | |
Bakehouses | 13 | 13 | |
Unsound food | 179 | 294 | |
Pish shops | 11 | 19 | |
Cowsheds and Dairies | 16 | 18 | |
Milk vehicles | 12 | 12 | |
Slaughtering | 7 | 9 | |
Milk Sampling | 35 | 37 | |
ShOTDS Acts. | |||
Premises visited | 1 | 1 | |
Factory Acts. | |||
Premises visited | 94 | 134 | |
Outworkers visited | *— | 3 | |
/ Petroleum Acts. | |||
Premises visited | 21 | 47 | |
Council Houses | |||
Houses inspected | 95 | 155 | |
Requisitioned Houses. | |||
Houses visited | 16 | 27 | |
Civil Defence | |||
Food decontamination | - | 44 | |
Liaison | — | 21 | |
Casualty Services | - | 1 | |
Wardens' Posts | - | 1 | |
Shelters | 1 | 2 | |
Miscellaneous | - | 341 | |
Premises disinfected | 190 | ||
Bedding & Clothing steam disinfected | 140 | ||
Informal action | 795 | ||
Nuisances abated | 656 |
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