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
Heston and Isleworth 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Number of rooms in which ventilation provided or improved
18
Number of rooms in which lighting provided or improved
1
Number of window frames and sashes provided, repaired
or unfixed 237
Number of stoves or grates provided or repaired 71
Number of instances in which ventilation under floors
provided or improved 48
Number of other repairs 21
Sundry Nuisances, etc.:
Number of instances in which domestic cleansing enforced
13
Number of food stores provided, cleansed or improved 2
Number of washing coppers provided or repaired 49
Number of rooms sprayed for the removal of vermin by
the Disinfector 81
Number of instances in which overcrowding abated 8
Number of instances of improper keeping of animals
abated 22
Number of offensive accumulations removed 16
Number of black smoke emissions abated 1
Number of urinals provided, repaired, cleansed or improved
4
Number of other nuisances abated 6
OTHER WORK.
Shop Acts:
Number of shops on register 883
Number of inspections made 641
Number of contraventions found 12
Number of warning notices given 12
Petroleum Acts, 1871-1881:
Number of premises licensed 55
Number of inspections made 358
Number of contraventions found 14
Number of new stores provided 6
Number of warning notices given 10