London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Willesden 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Baths provided5
Brickwork repaired /repointed352
Cookers provided46
Dampness remedied—D.P. course1
Dampness remedied—others485
Exterior paintwork repainted76
Fireplaces/ranges repaired or renewed45
Flooring and other woodwork repaired/renewed371
Floors (solid) repaired15
Floors—additional ventilation provided14
Food store provided39
Food stores—ventilation provided—
Gutters, R.W.P.'s waste pipes repaired478
Overcrowding abated1
Plastering repaired/renewed (rooms)626
Refuse accumulations removed40
Roofs repaired/renewed514
Sinks—additional provided85
Sinks—repaired/renewed42
Flues repaired6
Staircases, passages—cleansed1
Staircases, passages—repaired4
Walls and ceilings—cleansed100
Walls and ceilings—repaired63
Windows repaired972
Other defects316
Courts, Forecourts, Yards
Nuisances abated1
Paving repaired/relaid141
Accumulations removed141
Verminous Articles and Premises:
Premises disinfested74
Articles disinfested/destroyed1
Animals:
Nuisances abated3
Miscellaneous:
Nuisances abated13
Smoke nuisances abated3
Noise3
Total6,138

Table: D1S1NFESTATION Table 32

D1S1NFESTATION Table 32

(a)Verminous premises:
Council properties19
Private properties55
Total74
(b)Verminous rooms:*
Council properties47
Private properties102
Total149
*Some rooms are treated more than once.
(c)Clothing and bedding materials:
(i) disinfested2
(ii) disinfected4
(d)Miscellaneous:
Ants4