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 Wanstead and Woodford]
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SANITARY lNSPECTION OF THE AREA.
Report of the Senior Sanitary Inspector.
In accordance with Article 27(18) of the Sanitary Officers
(Outside London) Regulations, 1935, I beg to submit the following
particulars with regard to the work accomplished by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the year 1939.
Summary of the various inspections made by the Sanitary
Inspectors:-
Dwelling Houses-
On complaint and other causes | 482 |
Infectious disease enquiries | 102 |
House-to-house inspections | 182 |
Premises measured for purposes of Part IV of the Housing Act, 1936 | 36 |
Number of rooms measured in these premises | 154 |
Rent Restriction Act enquiries | 7 |
Total number of re-inspections for all purposes | 2,533 |
Other Premises-
Schools | 65 |
Factories | 80 |
Outworkers premises | 16 |
Slaughterhouses | 291 |
Carcases examined | 1,711 |
Butchers' shops and provision stores | 223 |
Bake houses | 44 |
Fishshops | 51 |
Dairies and Milkshops | 46 |
Ice Cream dealers | 29 |
Other Food premises | 68 |
Rat infestation | 187 |
Verminous premises | 18 |
Petroleum installations | 129 |
Shops Act | 258 |
Premises where animals are kept | 40 |
Miscellaneous inspections | 392 |
Total number of inspections and re-inspections | 5,415 |
Notices served-
Informal:- | |
Housing Act, 1936 | 91 |
Public Health Acts | 178 |
Statutory:- | |
Housing Act, 1936, Section 9 | 13 |
Housing Act, 1936, Section 10 | 1 |
Housing Act, 1936, Section 11 | 2 |
Housing Act, 1936, Section 155 | 2 |
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 24 | 12 |
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 39 | 5 |
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 93 | 8 |
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 287 | 13 |
Factories Act, 1937, Section 1 | 2 |
Nature of the work executed and improvements effected to dwelling-houses and premises, under the provisions of the Housing and Public Health Acts:-
Dampness remedied | 272 |
Roofs repaired | 110 |
Rain water pipes and guttering renewed or repaired | 132 |
Walls provided with damp proof courses, underpinned or repaired | 298 |
House drains renewed or repaired | 159 |
Obstruction removed from drains | 51 |
Water closet pans renewed | 56 |
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