London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1943
[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 3,247, as compared with 2,731 in the
previous year; the defects dealt with numbered 812, as compared
with 606 in 1942.
Table 2
| Visits Paid | Nuisances or Defects found | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing Act, 1936: | ||
| Inspections | 54 | 397 |
| Re-visits re Notices served | 385 | |
| Re Overcrowding | 8 | |
| On Complaint | 292 | 353 |
| Miscellaneous | 52 | |
| Infectious Diseases | 987 | |
| Slaughterhouses | 4 | |
| Meat and Food Shops | 94 | |
| Factories | 20 | |
| Bakehouses | 23 | |
| Cowsheds | 31 | 1 |
| Dairies and Milk-shops | 14 | |
| Pigstyes | 24 | 1 |
| Testing of Drainage | 13 | |
| Re-visits re Notices served (Public Health Act) | 511 | |
| Infestation by Rats or Mice | 167 | 57 |
| Private Slaughtering | 9 | |
| Shops Acts | 15 | 1 |
| Re Council Houses and Tenancies | 5 | |
| Collection and Disposal of Refuse and Salvage | 242 | |
| Re Crickets | 40 | |
| Restaurants and Canteens | 19 | |
| Swimming Pool | 3 | |
| Stables | 6 | |
| Re Certificates of Need | 17 | |
| Licensed Premises | 5 | 1 |
| Private Schools | 4 | 1 |
| Re Kitchen Waste | 47 | |
| Civil Defence: | ||
| Depots | 20 | |
| Food Decontamination Centre | 16 | |
| Decontamination Laundry | 25 | |
| Repair Garage | 13 | |
| Rest Centres | 6 | |
| Emergency Water Supplies | 14 | |
| Re Decontamination Personnel | 62 | |
| 3,247 | 812 | |