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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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Table: TABLE 2 (contd.)

TABLE 2 (contd.)

Visits PaidNuisances or Defects Found & Dealt With
(Brought Forward)6769887
Schools623
Hairdressers' Premises17
Swimming Pool7
Miscellaneous Visits203
Places of Entertainment62
Public Conveniences48
Petroleum Acts90
Outworkers242
Smoke Observations23
Pollution of Rivers and Watercourses11
Street Food Vendors2
Movable Dwellings50
Merchandise Marks Act5
Pet Animals Act11
Water Act19
Sewage Disposal Works1
7622890

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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: TABLE 3.

TABLE 3.

Walls and Ceilings cleansed41
Roofs, Spoutings and Eavesgutters repaired or renewed62
External Walls repaired7
Wall and Ceiling plaster repaired42
Floors repaired7
Stairs and Stair Rails repaired1
Woodwork of Doors and Sashcords, Glazing and Sills repaired47
Flues and Chimney Stacks repaired or rebuilt6
Dampness remedied16
Yard Surfaces repaired or relaid2
Offensive Accumulations removed3
Verminous Premises disinfested2
Drains reconstructed8
Drains cleansed9
Drains repaired13
Drains - New Inspection Chambers5
(Carried Forward)271