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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 1948
[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 550, as compared with 508 in the previous
year and 437 for the year 1946.
The total inspections made on complaint was 649 and the
number of defects or nuisances revealed was 430, 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 Premises | 2 |
| Defective roofs, spoutings and eavesgutters | 19 |
| Blocked yard and W.C. drains | 20 |
| Blocked Sewers | 196 |
| Defective sewers | 4 |
| Defective drainage | 9 |
| Defective dustbins | 17 |
| W.C.'s without proper flushing arrangements | 7 |
| Defective W.C.'s | 6 |
| Polluted water supply | 1 |
| Dampness | 26 |
| Defective stoves and fire grates | 6 |
| Defective water fittings | 3 |
| Waste pipes and sinks defective | 3 |
| Verminous premises | 9 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 14 |
| Accumulations of offensive matter | 9 |
| Defective hot water systems | 11 |
| Lack of washing facilities | 2 |
| General housing defects | 50 |
| Overcrowding | 6 |
| Burst water pipes | 5 |
| Pollution of water courses | 2 |
| Nuisances from smoke | 3 |
| 430 |