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 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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Table: Table 8.Summary of Visits, Inspections, etc.

Table 8.

Summary of Visits, Inspections, etc.

Number
Housing Acts:
Clearance Areas169
Individual Unfit Houses304
Underground Rooms46
Overcrowding27
Housing Applications361
Rent Act Certificates83
Public Health Act:
Drain testing59
Provision and maintenance of drainage systems588
Public Sewers1,166
Septic Tanks and Cesspools2
Provision of dustbins33
Dirty/verminous premises and articles207
Verminous persons and clothing10
Wasps, flies and insects273
Sanitary accommodation at Licensed Premises6
Statutory nuisances relating to Premises3,528
„ „ „ „ Animals117
„ „ „ „ Accumulations346
„ „ „ „ Dust and Effluvia149
„ „ „ „ Workplaces-
Infectious Disease924
Tents, Vans, Sheds43
Outside Interviews610
Miscellaneous matters555
Factories Acts:
Factories with mechanical power118
Factories without mechanical power6
Outworkers-
Rodent Control110
Clean Air Act403
Clean Air Act Survey6,579
Shops Acts3
Water Act34
Pet Animals Act26