London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 10. Summary of Visits, Inspections, etc.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Dwelling-houses for housing defects under Public Health Act:— | |
| (a) After complaint | 1,174 |
| (b) Subsequent visits | 4,360 |
| Dwelling-houses under Housing Act:— | |
| (a) After complaint | 358 |
| (b) Subsequent visits | 6 |
| Dwelling-houses:— | |
| Housing applications, specially investigated | 111 |
| Infected dwelling-houses:— | |
| (a) After notified infectious disease (other than tuberculosis) | 663 |
| (b) Contacts | 245 |
| (c) Fumigations after infectious disease | 7 |
| (d) Phthisis enquiries and fumigations | 10 |
| School and church halls | 23 |
| Swimming baths | 1 |
| Water sampling:— | |
| (a) Swimming baths | 9 |
| (b) Dwelling-houses | 19 |
| Business premises | 2 |
| Cinemas, dance halls, billiard halls | 56 |
| Offensive trade premises | 18 |
| Stables, piggeries, keeping of animals | 207 |
| Houses let in lodgings | Nil |
| Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948:— | |
| Factories with mechanical power | 333 |
| Factories without mechanical power | 39 |
| Outworkers' premises | 33 |
| Common lodging houses | 2 |
| Underground rooms | 33 |
| Hairdressing premises | 16 |
| Tents, vans and sheds | 36 |
| Smoke nuisances | 72 |
| Fairgrounds | 25 |
| Drainage: Testing by:— | |
| (a) Smoke | 54 |
| (b) Coloured water | 74 |
| (c) Water | 50 |
| (d) Breaking down | 181 |
| 791 | |
| Watercourses and ditches | 7 |
| Land and tips | 67 |
| Septic tanks and cesspools | 7 |
| Sanitary conveniences—including public-houses | 13 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 1,131 |
| Visits not inspections | 1,942 |
| Verminous premises:— | |
| (a) Rats and mice: (i) After complaint or from survey | 18 |
| (ii) Subsequent visits | 318 |
| (b) Bug infestations: Number of premises visited | 134 |
| Number of premises where definite infestation existed | 38 |
| (c) Cockroaches | 17 |
| (d) Other vermin | 380 |