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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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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 2,355, as compared with 2,301 in the
previous year; the defects dealt with numbered 536, as compared
with 370 in 1940.

Table: Table 2

Table 2

Visits PaidNuisances or Defects found
Housing Act, 1936:
Inspections748
Re-visits25
Re Overcrowding2
Re "Permitted Numbers"48
On complaint461358
Miscellaneous53
Infectious Diseases145
Slaughterhouses2
Meat and Food Shops1241
Factories9
Bakehouses6
Cowsheds10
Dairies and Milkshops13
Pigsties131
Re New Drainage12
Reinspections re Notices Served456
Infestation by Rats or Mice49
Shops Acts2
Visits re Milk Samples27
Visits re Water Samples6
Collection & Disposal of Refuse & Salvage75
Inspections of Council Houses135
Inspections re Tenants of Council Houses2
Re Pollution of Watercourse5
Drains tested12
Petroleum Acts3
Requisitioned Houses641128
Public Shelters10
Cats’ Meat Shops2
2,355536