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 1944
[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 2,345, as compared with 3,247 in the
previous year ; 'tihe defects dealt with numbered 398, as compared
with 812 in 1943.
T able 2
| Visits Paid | Nuisances or Defects found | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing Act, 1936 : | ||
| Inspections | 34 | 190 |
| Revisits re Notices served | 532 | |
| Re Overcrowding | 4 | |
| On Complaint | 133 | 183 |
| Miscellaneous | 34 | |
| Infectious Disease | 260 | |
| Meat and Food Shops | 115 | |
| Factories | 14 | |
| Bakehouses | 12 | |
| Cowsheds | 8 | |
| Dairies and Milkshops | 7 | |
| Pigstyes | 16 | |
| Drains tested | 5 | 2 |
| Revisits re Notices served (Public Health Act) | 642 | |
| Infestation by Rats and Mice | 102 | 23 |
| Private Slaughterhouses | 3 | |
| Shops Acts | 9 | |
| Council Houses and re tenancies | 8 | |
| Collection and Disposal of Refuse and Salvage | 205 | |
| Re Crickets | 6 | |
| Restaurants and Canteens | 14 | |
| Swimming Pool | 4 | |
| Re Certificates of Essentiality | 14 | |
| Re Building Licences | 21 | |
| Schools | 2 | |
| Re Kitchen Waste Collection | 64 | |
| Cinemas | 2 | |
| Outworkers' Premises | 4 | |
| Civil Defence: | ||
| Depots | 45 | |
| Food Decontamination Centre | 6 | |
| Repair Garage | 9 | |
| Rest Centres | 11 | |
| 2,345 | 398 |