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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
Twickenham 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF DISTRICT
Mr.T. Williams, Chief Sanitary Inspector, commenced
duties on the 1st. January, 1946, and is deserving of high praise
for the excellent work achieved by his section during the year.
The following pages show the tremendous progress made despite the
difficulties experienced by reason of the shortage of builders'
supplies etc.,
The visits paid in each branch of the work are set out
under the appropriate headings:-
Analysis of Complaints Received
| Nature of Complaint | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing Defects | 822 | ||
| • Choked and Defective drains. | 121 | ||
| Accumulations of Offensive matter | 24 | ||
| Relative to Unsound Pood | 102 | ||
| Verminous Premises: | |||
| (a) Bugs | 13 | ||
| (b) Rats and Mice infestations | 293 | ||
| (c) Beetles and Crickets | 2 | ||
| - Keeping of Animals and Poultry | 18 | ||
| Unsatisfactory-Milk supplies | 5 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 817 | ||
| 2,217 | |||