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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 1944
[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 192, as compared with 224 in the previous year
and 331 for the year 1943.
The total inspections made on complaint was 133 and the
number of defects or nuisances revealed was 183, 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 | 4 |
| Defective roofs, spoutings and eavesgutters | 5 |
| Blocked yard and W.C. drains | 2 |
| Blocked sewers | 118 |
| Defective drainage | 26 |
| Defective wall plaster | 2 |
| Ashbins defective | 6 |
| W.C.'s without proper flushing arrangements | 5 |
| Water closets defective | 4 |
| Insufficient water supply | 3 |
| Dampness | 1 |
| Defective stoves | 2 |
| Defective floors | 3 |
| Water fittings defective | 2 |
| 183 |