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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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Summary of Inspections
The total number of visits paid by the Sanitary Inspectors
and other personnel of the Public Health Department staff to
various premises for all purposes is summarised below, together
with the number of defects found under specific headings.
The visits numbered 5,620 as compared with 4,126 in the
previous year; the defects dealt with numbered 737 as compared
with 614 in 1946.
Table 2
| Visits Paid | Nuisances or Defects found | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing Act, 1936: | ||
| Inspections | 73 | 297 |
| Revisits re Notices served | 604 | |
| Re Overcrowding | 40 | |
| On complaint | 873 | 289 |
| Re Licence Applications and Essential Materials | 87 | |
| Infectious Diseases | 281 | |
| Retail Trade Premises: | ||
| Meat | 97 | |
| Fish | 21 | |
| Fried Fish | 10 | |
| General Provisions | 69 | |
| Others | 22 | |
| Food Preparation Premises | 36 | |
| Ice Cream Premises | 81 | |
| Factories | 19 | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 19 | 1 |
| Cowsheds and Dairies | 5 | |
| Pigstyes | 4 | |
| Revisits re Notices Served (P.H. Act) | 1619 | |
| Rodent Control | 1237 | 149 |
| Private Slaughtering | 3 | |
| Shops Acts (Sanitary Conditions) | 9 | |
| Council Houses | 6 | |
| Collection and Disposal of Refuse and Salvage | 156 | |
| Kitchen Waste—Communal Bins | 90 | |
| Schools | 12 | |
| Hairdressers' Premises | 16 | |
| Verminous Premises | 15 | |
| Swimming Pool | 9 | |
| Miscellaneous Visits | 40 | |
| Places of Entertainment | 5 | |
| Public Conveniences | 23 | |
| Petroleum Acts | 9 | |
| Outworkers | 26 | |
| Smoke Observations | 4 | |
| 5620 | 737 | |