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 Heston and Isleworth]
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SANITARY WORK, etc.
Inspections—General:
Total number of inspections and re-inspections, etc.,
(excluding shops and petroleum) 7983
Inspections, etc. re Nuisances and Contraventions, etc:
Number of premises, etc. inspected on complaint 581
Number of premises inspected in connection with
infectious diseases 150
Number of premises inspected under Increase of Rent
and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920 37
Number of other visits made to premises, etc. in connection
with nuisances 811
Total number of premises, etc. primarily inspected in
connection with nuisances 932
Number of visits made to works in progress 550
Number of interviews with owners, builders, etc., re
abatement of nuisances 657
Action taken (other than under Housing Acts, 1909-1919):
Number of premises, etc., in respect of which notices,
etc., were served requiring defects to be remedied 828
Number of premises on which defects to be remedied—
(a) by owners 801
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners 5
Number of cautionary or intimation notices given—
(a) verbal 70
(b) written 682
Number of second (informal) notices given 213
Number of letters re nuisances sent 304
Number of statutory notices issued 142
Number of proceedings taken –
Number of convictions obtained –
Number of proceedings withdrawn –
Number of cases dismissed –
Common Lodging Houses:
Number registered 2
Number of inspections made 7