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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 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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18.

Table: TABLE 2 (Contd.)

TABLE 2 (Contd.)

Visits PaidNuisancesor Defects found & dealt with
Brought Forward70931014
Miscellaneous Visits204
Places of Entertainment4
Public Conveniences9
Petroleum Acts25
Outworkers249
Smoke Observations6
Pollution of Rivers and Watercourses6
Street Food Vendors7
Movable Dwollings37
Merchandise Marks Act28
Pets Act15
Water Act10
76931014

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NUISANCES AND DEFECTS.

Table: 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.

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 Cleansed57
Roofs, Spoutings and Eavesgutters repaired or renewed67
External Walls repaired39
Wall and Ceiling Plaster repaired74
Floors repaired17
Stairs and Stair Rails repaired3
Woodwork of Doors and sashcords, Glazing and sills repaired92
Flues and Chimney Stacks repaired or rebuilt9
Stoves and Firegrates repaired or renewed6
Dampness remedied41
Yard Surfaces repaired or relaid2
Offensive Accumulations removed2
Nuisances from Animals abated1
Verminous Premises disinfested13
Drains repaired or reconstructed24
Drains cleansed5
Drains repaired18
Drains - New Inspection Chambers18
Carried Forward488