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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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Table: T able 9.Summary of Visits, Inspections, etc.

T able 9.

Summary of Visits, Inspections, etc.

Dwelling-houses for housing defects under Public Health Act:Number
(a) After complaint1,134
(b) Subsequent visits2,795
Dwelling-houses under Housing Act: After complaint556
Dwelling-houses:
Housing applications, specially investigated68
Infected dwelling-houses:
(a) After notified infectious disease (other than tuberculosis)1,081
(b) Contacts552
(c) Fumigations after infectious disease16
(d) Tuberculosis enquiries and fumigations9
School and church halls13
Swimming baths-
Water sampling:
(a) Swimming baths14
(b) Dwelling-houses23
Business premises-
Cinemas, dance halls, billiard halls28
Offensive trade premises-
Stables, piggeries, keeping of animals ....25
Houses let in lodgings-
Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948:
Factories with mechanical power71
Factories without mechanical power1
Outworkers' premises1
Common lodging houses-
Underground rooms1
Hairdressing premises4
Tents, vans and sheds4
Smoke nuisances247
Fairgrounds2
Drainage: Testing by:
(a) Smoke75
(b) Coloured water60
(c) Water38
(d) Breaking down154
Public sewers636
Watercourses and ditches-
Means of escape in case of fire-
Land and tips65
Septic tanks and cesspools1
Sanitary conveniences—including public-houses17
Miscellaneous visits1,730
Visits not inspections1,983
Rodent control7
Verminous premises:
(a) Rats and mice: After complaints or from survey63
(b) Bug infestations: Number of premises visited60
(c) Cockroaches2
(d) Other vermin185
(e) Scabies-