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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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

Table 9

Summary of Visits, Inspections, etc.

Dwelling-houses for housing defects under Public Health Act:Number
(a) After complaint939
(b> Subsequent visits2555
Dwelling-houses under Housing Act:549
Dwelling-houses under Rent Act405
Dwelling-houses:
Housing applications, specially investigated51
Infected dwelling-houses:
(a) After notified infectious disease (other than tuberculosis)221
(b) Contacts274
(c) Fumigations after infectious disease12
(d) Tuberculosis enquiries and fumigations1
School and church halls21
Swimming baths-
Water sampling:
(a) Swimming baths6
(b) Dwelling-houses9
Business premises-
Cinemas, dance halls, billiard halls23
Offensive trade premises-
Stables, piggeries, keeping of animals69
Houses let in lodgings-
Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948:
Factories with mechanical power221
Factories without mechanical power6
Outworkers' premises1
Common lodging houses-
Underground rooms-
Hairdressing premises12
Tents, vans and sheds1
Smoke nuisances304
Fairgrounds8
Drainage: Testing by:
(a) Smoke31
(b) Coloured water48
(C) Water30
(d) Breaking down281
Public sewers668
Watercourses and ditches-
Means of escape in case of fire-
Land and t ips164
Septic tanks and cesspools1
Sanitary conveniences—including public-houses9
Miscellaneous visits1839
Visits not inspections1851
Rodent control3
Verminous premises:
(a) Rats and mice: After complaints or from survey78
(b) Bug infestations: Number of premises visited20
(c) Beetles12
(d) Other vermin261
(e) Scabies-
Inspections for supervision of food:
Unfit foodstuffs other than meat188
Slaughterhouses-