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 1959

[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.

Housing ActsNumber
Clearance Areas235
Individual Unfit Houses209
Underground Rooms57
Overcrowding55
Housing Applications203
Rent Act Certificates254
Public Health Act:
Drain Testing105
Provision and maintenance of drainage systems592
Public Sewers753
Provision of Dustbins36
Dirty/verminous premises and articles205
Verminous persons and clothing18
Wasps, Plies and Insects528
Sanitary accommodation at Licensed Premises49
Statutory nuisances relating to Premises3684
" " " " Animals128
" " " " Accumulations215
" " " " Dust and Effluvia141
" " " " Workplaces6
Infectious Disease1061
Tents, Vans, Sheds12
Outside Interviews456
Miscellaneous matters570
Factories Acts:
Factories with mechanical power343
Factories without mechanical power5
Rodent Control224
Clean Air Act747
Shops Acts13
Water Act39
Pet Animals Act63
Petroleum Regulations823
Milk and Dairies Regulations14