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 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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

Table 8

Summary of Visits, Inspections, etc.

Number
Housing Acts:
Clearance Areas186
Individual Unfit Houses189
Underground Rooms64
Overcrowding14
Housing Applications279
Rent Act Certificates48
Houses Let in Multiple Occupation37
Public Health Act:
Drain testing84
Provision and maintenance of drainage systems735
public Sewers1,051
Septic Tanks and Cesspools2
Provision of dustbins42
Dirty/verminous premises and articles153
Verminous persons and clothing-
Wasps, flies and insects229
Sanitary accommodation at Licensed Premises4
Statutory nuisances relating to Premises2,091
" " " " Animals49
" " " " Accumulations261
" " " " Dust and Effluvia55
" " " " Workplaces-
Infectious Disease479
Tents, Vans, Sheds32
Outside Interviews408
Miscellaneous matters764
Factories Acts:
Factories with mechanical power122
Factories without mechanical power6
Outworkers-
Rodent Control99
Clean Air Act839
Clean Air Act Survey4, 554
Shops Acts1
Water Act ___ ___41
Pet Animals Act ___25
Rag Flock Act2