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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA
Inspections 011 Complaint
The number of complaints received at the office and recorded
in the register was 436, as compared with 260 in the previous year
and 439 for the year 1939.
The total inspections made on complaint was 461, and the
number of defects or nuisances revealed was 358, Which are
analysed in the following table. Informal notices were at once
served on the owners or occupiers of the premises concerned.
Table 1
| Dirty Premises | 18 |
| Defective eaves, gutters and roofs | 32 |
| Defective sink and waste pipes | 8 |
| Yard and W.C. drains blocked | 137 |
| Dampness | 11 |
| Defective drainage | 18 |
| W.C.'s without proper flushing arrangements | 8 |
| Defective dustbins | 18 |
| Defective floors | 8 |
| Defective firegrates | 10 |
| Defective wall and ceiling plaster | 25 |
| Defective W.C.'s | 10 |
| Defective woodwork of windows and doors | 22 |
| Yard and passage surfaces defective | 2 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 2 |
| Water fittings defective | 12 |
| Insufficient water supply | 9 |
| Defective chimney stacks | 2 |
| Defective 'Wash boilers | 2 |
| Insufficient lighting and ventilation | 1 |
| Re Overcrowding | 1 |
| Accumulation of stagnant water | 1 |
| Rat infestation | 1 |
| 358 |