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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 1945
[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 212, as compared with 192 in the previous year
and 224 for the year 1943.
The total inspections made on complaint was 440 and the
number of defects or nuisances revealed was 237, 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 | 8 |
| Blocked yard and W.C. drains | 14 |
| Blocked sewers | 88 |
| Defective sewers | 43 |
| Defective drainage | 3 |
| Defective dustbins | 11 |
| W.C.'s without proper flushing arrangements | 11 |
| Defective W.C.'s | 6 |
| Insufficient water supply | 4 |
| Dampness | 3 |
| Defective stoves and fire grates | 5 |
| Defective water fittings | 10 |
| Defective boilers | 3 |
| Waste pipes and sinks defective | 4 |
| Defective hot water systems | 5 |
| Woodwork of windows and doors defective | 2 |
| Verminous premises | 6 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 2 |
| Accumulations of offensive matter | 2 |
| Defective floors | 2 |
| Lack of sanitary accommodation | 1 |
| 237 |