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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA
Inspections on Complaint
The number of complaints received at the office and recorded
in the register was 260, as compared with 439 in the previous year,
and 448 for the year 1938.
The total inspections made on complaint was 561, and the
number of defects or nuisances revealed was 318, which are
analysed in the following table. Informal notices were at once
served on the owners or occupiers of the premises concerned.
T able 1
| Dirty Premises | 10 |
| Defective eaves, gutters and roofs | 7 |
| Defective sink and waste pipes | 3 |
| Yard and W.C. drains blocked | 210 |
| Accumulations of offensive matter | 6 |
| Smoke nuisances | 1 |
| Dampness | 5 |
| Defective drainage | 7 |
| W.C.s' without proper flushing arrangements | 5 |
| Defective dustbins | 17 |
| Defective floors | 1 |
| Defective firegrates | 3 |
| Verminous premises | 5 |
| Defective wall and ceiling plaster | 10 |
| Defective W.C.'s | 6 |
| Defective woodwork of windows and doors | 2 |
| Miscellaneous | 1 |
| Yard and passage surfaces defective | 4 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 1 |
| Overcrowding | 1 |
| Water fittings defective | 8 |
| Insufficient water supply | 3 |
| Dangerous chimney stacks | 2 |
| 318 |