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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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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Table: Table 10. Summaryof Visits, Inspections, etc.

Table 10. Summaryof Visits, Inspections, etc.

Number
Dwelling-houses for housing defects under Public Health Act:—
(a) After complaint.1,177
(b) Subsequent visits3,219
Dwelling-houses under Housing Act:—
After complaint1,000
Dwelling-houses:—
Housing applications, specially investigated69
Infected dwelling-houses:—
(a) After notified infectious disease (other than tuberculosis)439
(b) Contacts110
(c) Fumigations after infectious disease14
(d) Phthisis enquiries and fumigations5
School and church halls20
Swimming baths6
Water sampling:—
(a) Swimming baths6
(b) Dwelling-houses10
Business premises—
Cinemas, dance halls, billiard halls25
Offensive trade premises—
Stables, piggeries, keeping of animals61
Houses let in lodgings1
Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948:—
Factories with mechanical power374
Factories without mechanical power38
Outworkers' premises16
Common lodging houses—
Underground rooms79
Hairdressing premises50
Tents, vans and sheds8
Smoke nuisances307
Fairgrounds3
Drainage: Testing by:—
(a) Smoke96
(b) Coloured water41
(c) Water56
(d) Breaking down36
Re public sewers733
Watercourses and ditches—
Means of escape in case of fire—
Land and tips90
Septic tanks and cesspools—
Sanitary conveniences— including public-houses78
Miscellaneous visits1,675
Visits not inspections2,216
Verminous premises:—
(a) Rats and mice: (i) After complaint or from survey53
(ii) Subsequent visits140
(b) Bug infestations: Number of premises visited33
Number of premises where definite infestation
existed18
(c) Cockroaches2
(d) Other vermin232
(e) Scabies ...1