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Chingford 1946

[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 437, as compared with 212 in the previous
year and 192 for the year 1944.
The total inspections made on complaint was 1,174 and the
number of defects or nuisances revealed was 247, 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 Premises1
Defective roofs, spoutings and eavesgutters3
Blocked yard and W.C. drains15
Blocked sewers131
Defective sewers16
Defective drainage18
Defective dustbins19
W.C.s without proper flushing arrangements3
Defective W.C.'s5
Insufficient water supply2
Dampness4
Defective stoves and fire grates10
Defective water fittings4
Waste pipes and sinks defective5
Verminous premises3
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance3
Accumulations of offensive matter4
Defective hot water systems1
247