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 1945
[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 3,038, as compared with 2,345 in the
previous year; the defects dealt with numbered 620, as compared
with 398 in 1944.
Table 2
| Visits Paid | Nuisances or Defects found | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing Act, 1936: | ||
| Inspections | 80 | 360 |
| Re-visits re Notices served | 491 | |
| Re Overcrowding | 8 | |
| On Complaint | 440 | 237 |
| Miscellaneous | 36 | |
| Infectious Disease | 379 | |
| Meat and Food Shops | 119 | |
| Factories | 24 | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 12 | |
| Cowsheds and Dairies | 10 | |
| Pigstyes | 10 | |
| Re-visits re Notices served (P.H. Act) | 1,118 | |
| Infestation by Rats and Mice | 25 | 20 |
| Private Slaughterhouses | 9 | |
| Shops Act | 24 | |
| Council Houses | 12 | |
| Collection and Disposal of Refuse and Salvage | 122 | |
| Restaurants and Canteens | 23 | 1 |
| Re Building Licences | 24 | |
| Schools | 6 | |
| Hostels and Camps | 4 | |
| Hairdressers' Premises | 11 | |
| Re Kitchen Waste Collection | 41 | |
| Petroleum Storage | 5 | |
| Cinemas | 5 | 1 |
| 3,038 | 620 |