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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 1942
[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 331, as compared with 436 in the previous
year and 260 for the year 1940.
The total inspections made on complaint was 414 and the
number of defects or nuisances revealed was 273, 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 | 8 |
| Defective Eaves, Gutters and Roofs | 7 |
| Defective Sinks and Waste Pipes | 1 |
| Yard and W.C. Drains blocked | 86 |
| Dampness | 3 |
| Defective Drainage | 19 |
| W.C.'s without proper flushing arrangements | 2 |
| Defective Ashbins | 17 |
| Defective Floors | 3 |
| Defective Firegrates and Stoves | 9 |
| Defective Wall and Ceiling Plaster | 3 |
| Defective Water-Closets | 4 |
| Defective Windows, Woodwork, Doors, etc. | 4 |
| Yard and Passage Surfaces Defective | 2 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 2 |
| Water Fittings Defective | 5 |
| Insufficient Water Supply | 11 |
| Defective Wash Boilers | 1 |
| Insufficient Lighting and Ventilation | 1 |
| Re Overcrowding | 1 |
| Accumulation of offensive matter and water | 4 |
| Pollution of Watercourse | 1 |
| Blocked Sewers | 50 |
| Defective Sewers | 15 |
| Defective Lavatory Basins | 1 |
| Defective Hot Water Supply Systems | 1 |
| Vermin | 12 |
| 273 |