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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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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 6,223, as compared with 5,620 in the
previous year; the defects dealt with numbered 1,079, as compared
with 737 in 1947.
TABLE 2.
| Visits Paid | Nuisances or Defects found | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing Act, 1936. | ||
| Inspections | 126 | 525 |
| Ee-visits re Notices served | 1004 | |
| Re Overcrowding | 25 | |
| On complaint | 649 | 430 |
| Infectious Diseases | 190 | |
| Retail Trade Premises: | ||
| Meat | 98 | |
| Fish | 32 | |
| Fried Fish | 13 | |
| General Provisions | 39 | |
| Others | 11 | |
| Food Preparation Premises | 60 | |
| Ice Cream Premises | 54 | |
| Factories | 51 | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 36 | 1 |
| Cowsheds and Dairies | 6 | |
| Pigstyes | 1 | |
| Re-visits re Notices Served (P.H. Act) | 1365 | |
| Rodent Control | 1989 | 120 |
| Private Slaughtering; | 3 | |
| Shop Acts (Sanitary Conditions) | 2 | |
| Council Houses | 7 | |
| Collection & Disposal of Refuse & Salvage | 148 | |
| Kitchen Waste - Communal Bins | 56 | |
| Schools | 23 | |
| Hairdressers' Premises | 12 | |
| Verminous Premises | 22 | |
| Swimming Pool | 5 | |
| Miscellaneous Visits | 78 | |
| Places of Entertainment | 2 | |
| Public Conveniences | 34 | |
| Petroleum Acts | 5 | |
| Outworkers | 20 | |
| Smoke Observations | 23 | |
| Pollution of Rivers and Watercourses | 28 | 2 |
| Street Food Vendors | 7 | |
| Movable Dwellings | 9 | |
| 6233 | 1079 |