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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 11. Summary of Visits, Inspections, etc.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Dwelling-houses for housing defects under Public Health Act:— | |
| (a) After complaint | 1,326 |
| (b) Subsequent visits | 2,810 |
| Dwelling-houses under Housing Act:— | |
| After complaint | 1,352 |
| Dwelling-houses:— | |
| Housing applications, specially investigated | 74 |
| Infected dwelling-houses:— | |
| (a) After notified infectious disease (other than tuberculosis) | 338 |
| (b) Contacts | 112 |
| (c) Fumigations after infectious disease | 2 |
| (d) Phthisis enquiries and fumigations | 5 |
| School and church halls | - |
| Swimming baths | 9 |
| Water sampling:— | |
| (a) Swimming baths | 12 |
| (b) Dwelling-houses | — |
| Business premises | 1 |
| Cinemas, dance halls, billiard halls | 33 |
| Offensive trade premises | - |
| Stables, piggeries, keeping of animals | 46 |
| Houses let in lodgings | — |
| Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948:— | |
| Factories with mechanical power | 233 |
| Factories without mechanical power | 14 |
| Outworkers' premises | 31 |
| Common lodging houses | - |
| Underground rooms | 22 |
| Hairdressing premises | 66 |
| Tents, vans and sheds | 14 |
| Smoke nuisances | 216 |
| Fairgrounds | 5 |
| Drainage: Testing by:— | |
| (a) Smoke | 205 |
| (b) Coloured water | 45 |
| (c) Water | 13 |
| (d) Breaking down | 108 |
| Re public sewers | 727 |
| Watercourses and ditches | — |
| Means of escape in case of fire | 1 |
| Land and tips | 61 |
| Septic tanks and cesspools | — |
| Sanitary conveniences—-including public-houses | 25 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 930 |
| Visits not inspections | 2,046 |
| Verminous premises:— | |
| (a) Rats and mice: (i) After complaint or from survey | 49 |
| (ii) Subsequent visits | 141 |
| (b) Bug infestations: Number of premises visited | 83 |
| Number of premises where definite infestation existed | 35 |
| (c) Cockroaches | 6 |
| (d) Other vermin | 219 |
| (e) Scabies | 3 |