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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 1947
[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 508 as compared with 437 in the previous year
and 212 for the year 1945.
The total inspections made on complaint was 873 and the
number of defects or nuisances revealed was 289, which are
analysed in the following table. Informal notices were at once
served on the owners or occupiers of the premises concerned.
T able 1
| Dirty Premises | 1 |
| Defective roofs, spoutings and eavesgutters | 2 |
| Blocked yard and W.C. drains | 6 |
| Blocked sewers | 155 |
| Defective sewers | 8 |
| Defective drainage | 13 |
| Defective dustbins | 13 |
| W.C.'s without proper flushing arrangements | 18 |
| Defective W.C. s | 7 |
| Insufficient water supply | 1 |
| Dampness | 3 |
| Defective stoves and fire grates | 5 |
| Defective water fittings | 8 |
| Waste pipes and sinks defective | 6 |
| Verminous premises | 13 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 9 |
| Accumulations of offensive matter | 15 |
| Defective hot water systems | 3 |
| Lack of W.C. accommodation | 1 |
| Lack of washing facilities | 2 |
| 289 |