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
Chingford 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Summary of Inspections
The total number of visits paid by the Sanitary Inspectors to
various premises for all purposes is summarised below, together with
the number of defects found under specific headings.
The visits numbered 4,154, as compared with 3,420 in the
previous year ; the defects dealt with numbered 624, as compared
with 784 in 1938.
Table 2
| Visits Paid | Nuisances or Defects found | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing Act | 59 | 338 |
| Re-visits—Housing Act | 1,158 | 1 |
| On Complaint | 457 | 263 |
| Miscellaneous | 138 | |
| Infectious diseases | 319 | |
| Slaughterhouses | 165 | |
| Meat and Food Shops | 599 | 4 |
| Dairies and Milk Shops | 22 | |
| Drains tested | 59 | 1 |
| Re visits | 502 | 4 |
| Rats | 78 | |
| Housing Act (Overcrowding) | 84 | |
| Bakehouses | 12 | |
| Refuse collection and disposal | 5 | |
| Council houses | 40 | 2 |
| Milk samples | 33 | |
| Water samples | 5 | |
| Shop Acts | 17 | 2 |
| Petroleum Acts | 4 | |
| Factories | 8 | 2 |
| Cowsheds | 10 | |
| Offensive trades | 9 | |
| Smoke abatement | 27 | 5 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | 12 | |
| Outworkers | 39 | |
| Drainage | 69 | |
| Measuring re-permitted Nos. | 11 | |
| Interviews with owners | 63 | |
| Rehousing | 43 | |
| Refuse Works | 61 | |
| Cleansing visits | 41 | 2 |
| Fish shops | 4 | |
| Billeting of troops | 1 | |
| 4,154 | 624 |