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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
Barnes 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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| Food larders ventilated or new provision made | 53 |
| Rooms insufficiently lighted | 6 |
| Windows repaired | 526 |
| Windows made to open | 9 |
| Doors and frames repaired | 55 |
| Permanent ventilator provided to rooms | 9 |
| Lighting provided to stairs | 26 |
| Stairs repaired or handrails provided | 23 |
| Grates repaired or renewed | 69 |
| Smoky chimneys remedied | 65 |
| Washing coppers repaired | 21 |
| Walls and ceiling—plaster repaired | 164 |
| ,, ,, „ stripped and redecorated | 297 |
| Floors repaired | 91 |
| Verminous premises fumigated and cleansed | 16 |
| ,, bedding cleansed or destroyed | 2 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 7 |
| Miscellaneous defects remedied | 61 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | 4 |
| Infected and Infested Rooms and Articles (dealt with by the Council). | |
| Rooms disinfected | 93 |
| Lots of bedding disinfected | 138 |
| ,, ,, destroyed | 23 |
| ,, ,, disinfested (slum-clearance) | 3 |
| ,, „ disinfested (re-housing) | 9 |
| „ „ disinfested (overcrowding) | 18 |
| Council houses disinfested | 16 |
| Other houses disinfested | 8 |
The total number of premises visited by the Sanitary Inspectors
under the various Acts, etc.,in operation was 1,162, the total number of
visits paid being 3,857. Particulars of visits made in connection with
overcrowding and other visits not included in Table 1 are as follows:—
Overcrowding, 133 ; visits in relation to the management of Council
houses, 261.
In addition to the above work undertaken by the Sanitary
Inspectors, the Disinfecting Officer visited 67 premises for the
purpose of disinfection after cases of infectious disease, and he carried
out the disinfestation of 27 verminous premises. He was also
engaged in the following work in connection with drainage:—Drain
testing, 12; cleansed, 2; opened-up, 29.
Legal Proceedings.
It was not found necessary to institute legal proceedings during
1939.