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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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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 2,731, as compared with 2,355 in the
previous year; the defects dealt with numbered 606, as compared
with 536 in 1941.
Table 2
| Visits Paid | Nuisances or Defects found | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing Act, 1936: | ||
| Inspections | 39 | 318 |
| Re-Visits rc Notices served | 355 | |
| Re Overcrowding | 2 | |
| Re “Permitted Numbers" | 7 | |
| On complaint | 414 | 273 |
| Miscellaneous | 41 | |
| Infectious Diseases | 555 | 1 |
| Slaughter-houses | 1 | |
| Meat and Food Shops | 78 | |
| Private Slaughtering | 7 | |
| Factories | 16 | 2 |
| Workshops | 1 | |
| Bakehouses | 17 | |
| Cowsheds | 4 | |
| Dairies and Milk shops | 15 | |
| Pigsties | 17 | 1 |
| Re New Drainage | 11 | |
| Re-Inspections re Notices Served | 405 | |
| Infestation by Rats or Mice | 69 | 8 |
| Public Sanitary Conveniences | 3 | |
| Shops Act | 2 | |
| Visits re Water Sampling | 2 | |
| Collection and Disposal of Refuse & Salvage | 291 | |
| Re Collection of Kitchen Waste | 47 | |
| Refuse Tip | 13 | |
| Inspections of Council Houses | 3 | 1 |
| Inspections re Tenants of Council Houses | 4 | |
| Schools | 2 | 1 |
| Requisitioned Houses | 220 | |
| Restaurants, Canteens and Food Stores | 21 | |
| Civil Defence: | ||
| Food Decontamination | 22 | |
| Rest Centres | 1 | |
| Laundries | 2 | |
| Depots ... | 1 | |
| National Fire Service | 1 | 1 |
| First Aid Posts, etc. | 9 | |
| Repair Garage | 32 | |
| Emergency Water Supplies | 1 | |
| 2,731 | 606 | |