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 1946
[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 4,126, as compared with 3,038 in the
previous year; the defects dealt with numbered 614, as compared
with 620 in 1945.
Table 2
| Visits Paid | Nuisances or Defects found | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing Act, 1936: | ||
| Inspections | 76 | 364 |
| Re-visits re Notices served | 468 | |
| Re Overcrowding | 15 | |
| On complaint | 1174 | 247 |
| Re Licence Applications and Essential Materials | 193 | |
| Infectious Disease | 439 | |
| Retail Trade Premises: | ||
| Meat | 82 | |
| Fish | 11 | |
| Fried Fish | 17 | |
| General Provisions | 73 | |
| Others | 7 | |
| Food Preparation Premises | 27 | |
| Factories | 19 | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 12 | 1 |
| Cowsheds and Dairies | 5 | |
| Pigstyes | 2 | |
| Revisits re Notices served (P.H. Acts) | 1308 | |
| Infestation by Rats and Mice | 6 | |
| Private Slaughtering | 2 | |
| Shops Acts (Sanitary Conditions) | 3 | 1 |
| Council Houses | 8 | |
| Collection and Disposal of Refuse and Salvage | 147 | |
| Schools | 7 | |
| Verminous Premises | 2 | |
| De-requisitioned Premises | 9 | |
| Hairdressers' Premises | 10 | |
| Swimming Pool | 4 | |
| 4,126 | 614 |