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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 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

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by a contractor. Payment to the firm is per load and includes
levelling, compacting and covering, a bulldozer and the covering
material being provided in the price. The area exposed at any one
time is kept to a low minimum and measures are taken against flies
and vermin as necessary from time to time.
Salvage of paper and rags produced sales during the year of
about 470 tons.
Road gullies (in adopted District roads) have been emptied
and re-sealed with clean water by machine three times during the
year by contract.
6. Sanitary Inspection of the Area.

Table: An outline of the work of the Public Health Inspectors is as follows:-

An outline of the work of the Public Health Inspectors is as follows:-

19591958
Complaints received and dealt with1,268738
Inspections and visits7,7187,222
Nuisances abated786360
Informal notices served4559
Informal notices complied with4650
Statutory notices served3813
Statutory notices complied with3511
Legal Proceedings145
Summary of Nuisances.
Cesspools, overflowing2
Dampness33
Drains Blocked or defective158
Defective water closets24
Defective water supply pipes2
Nuisances from birds and animals11
Polluted ditches, watercourses and ponds6
Accumulation of refuse and defective dustbins21
Vermin (bugs and fleas)5
Cellars flooded3
Insect infestations89
Wasps407
Air pollution25

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7. Verminous Premises.
Five houses were reported as verminous during the year, bugs
(4) and fleas (l). All the houses were successfully treated, three
with "Fumite" and two with "Gammexane".
Four of the houses were private dwellings and one a London
County Council house.
Number of visits - 11
/Rodent Control
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