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 Southall]
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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Water Supply.
Water is supplied to nearly the whole of the district by the South West Surburban
Water Company. The Metropolitan Water Board supplies a small area in the southern
part of the district, and the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Company a
small area in the northern part. The supply is satisfactory both in quality and in
quantity. Sampling: six samples were taken during the year and found to be satisfactory.
Sanitary Inspection of the District.
The total number of inspections of premises made during the year in connection
with the work of the Sanitary Inspectors was 3,394.
The following table shows an analysis of the number and nature of such
inspections:—
Table no. 30.
Visits to premises on complaints | 646 |
Re-inspections of houses, premises, etc. | 1,116 |
Visits in connection with overcrowding | 24 |
Drain tests | 11 |
Factories | 137 |
Petroleum and carbide stores | 3 |
Food sampling | 17 |
Dairies and milk shops | 25 |
Bakehouses | 21 |
Other premises where food is prepared (food shops) | 115 |
Deposits and accumulations of refuse | 12 |
Ditches | 1 |
Miscellaneous | 595 |
Vermin | 108 |
Unsound food | 290 |
Billeting | 95 |
Shops Acts | 9 |
War-damaged property | 148 |
War-damaged food | 19 |
Water sampling | 2 |
3,394 |
The following table shows the number and nature of complaints received during
the year.
Table No. 31.
Nuisances caused by the keeping of animals | 13 |
Accumulation of refuse, etc | 8 |
Offensive smells | 16 |
Vermin | 37 |
Choked drains | 73 |
Dampness | 31 |
Defective roofs, gutters, etc | 41 |
Defective sanitary fittings | 27 |