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 1963

[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 Areas225
Individual unfit Houses270
Underground Rooms2
Overcrowding27
Housing Applications236
Rent Act Certificates28
Houses Let in Multiple Occupation73
Public Health Act:
Drain testing76
Provision and maintenance of drainage systems656
Public Sewers767
Septic Tanks and Cesspools-
Provision of dustbins3
Dirty/verminous premises and articles177
Verminous persons and clothing9
Wasps, flies and insects132
Sanitary accommodation at Licensed Premises7
Statutory nuisances relating to Premises1,728
" " " " Animals ,..25
" " " " Accumulations206
" " " " Dust and Effluvia30
" " " " Workplaces-
Infectious Disease469
Tents, Vans, Sheds73
Outside interviews285
Miscellaneous matters524
Factories Acts:
Factories with mechanical power85
Factories without mechanical power7
Outworkers-
Rodent Control56
Clean Air6,269
Clean Air Act Survey-
Shops Acts1
Water Act28
Pet Animals Act24
Rag Flock Act