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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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All refuse is sorted for salvage material. Paper, metals,
glass and bones are separated and sold to produce a substantial
revenue and assist in the present shortage of raw materials.
Refuse disposal is by a two-cell forced draught incinerator.
Waste food is collected by a contractor from bins distributed
throughout the district and is used after sterilisation for pig
feeding.
Council maintained streets are scavenged and gullies
are emptied by direct labour. County Council roads are not
delegated and these are cleansed by the County Council
workmen working under the County Surveyor.
The Urban District Council's Engineer and Surveyor
is Mr. George Clarke, A.R.1C.S., M.l.Mun.E.
(iii) Sanitary Inspections of the Area.
| Number of Inspections made during 1949 | 430 |
| Number of Nuisances outstanding from 1948 | Nil |
| Number of Nuisances abated during 1949 | 145 |
| Number of Summonses or other Legal Action | Nil |
| Number of Statutory Notices | Nil |
Disinfection :—
Number of Visits re cleansing and disinfection after
infectious disease 30
Petroleum Acts and Orders: —
Licenses granted during 1949 30
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 :—
The Sanitary Inspector is the Rodent Officer acting for
the Local Authority under the Act.
Systematic baiting of sewers was commenced during
January, and a first treatment successfully concluded. The
work then came to an end owing to the death of the operative.
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