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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
Chigwell 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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Road gullies (in streets under the Council's control) are emptied
by a mechanical suction process. The gullies are cleared three times
in each year and are re-sealed with clean water after each emptying.
(iii) Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
The Work of the Sanitary Inspectors is given below. Further details will be found in the Summary at the end of the report.
| No. of Inspections made | |
| „ ,, Summons or Legal Proceedings | Nil |
| „ ,, Cesspools cleaned | 7 |
| „ „ ,, dispensed with | 9 |
| „ „ Nuisances abated | 154 |
| „ „ Formal Notices served | 1 |
| ,, „ Informal Notices served | 84 |
| „ „ Informal Notices complied with | 71 |
| „ „ Formal Notices complied with | |
| ,, „ Complaints received | Nil |
| Summary of Nuisances. | |
| Animals improperly kept | 2 |
| Cellars Flooded | 1 |
| Cesspool Overflows | 12 |
| Drains Blocked or Defective | 72 |
| Manure from Stables, etc. | 3 |
| Polluted Ditches and Streams | 19 |
| Refuse Dumps, etc. | 23 |
| Rubbish Burning | 1 |
| Sheds used for habitation | 1 |
| Smells from dead animals | 2 |
| Water closets defective | 8 |
| Water Supply—defective or cut off | 10 |
| 154 | |
| Visits, 492. | |