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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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TABLE 2 (Contd.)
| Visits Paid | Nuisance or Defects found and dealt with | |
|---|---|---|
| Brought Forward | 6677 | 907 |
| Schools | 39 | 12 |
| Hairdressers' Premises | 41 | |
| Swimming Pool | 5 | |
| Miscellaneous Visits | 204 | |
| Places of Entertainment | 5 | |
| Public Conveniences | 32 | |
| Petroleum Acts | 30 | |
| Outworkers | 134 | |
| Smoke Observations | 18 | |
| Pollution of Rivers and Watercourses | 15 | |
| Street Food Vendors | 3 | |
| Movable Dwellings | 7 | |
| Merchandise Marks Act | 40 | |
| 919 |
NUISANCES AND DEFECTS
In the following table are summarised, the nuisances and defects
dealt with or in connection with which action was commenced during the
year under the Housing Acts Public Health Acts, Byelaws and other
Enactments:
TABLE 3.
| Walls and Ceilings Cleansed | 58 |
| Roofs, Spoutings and Eavesgutters repaired or renewed | 107 |
| External walls repaired | 25 |
| Wall and ceiling Plaster repaired | 59 |
| Floor Repaired. | 17 |
| Stairs and Stair Rails Repaired | 2 |
| Windows Repaired | 23 |
| Woodwork of Doors and Sashcords Glazing and Sills repaired | 31 |
| Stoves and Firegrates repaired or renewed | 12 |
| Flues and Chimney Stacks repaired or rebuilt. | 8 |
| Dampness remedied | 27 |
| Yard Surfaces repaired or relaid | 7 |
| Offensive Accumulations removed | 5 |
| Nuisances from Animals abated | 1 |
| Carried Forward | 382 |