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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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45.
APPENDIX A.
Summary of complaints received during 1962,
The number of complaints received by the department was 953.
The total defects or nuisances revealed and resulting in the carrying out of works or the service of various notices on the owner a and occupiers was 860.
| NATURE OF COMPLAINT. | No. |
|---|---|
| Defective dwelling houses | 35 |
| Obstructed sewers and drains | 467 |
| Defective sewers | 7 |
| Defective drains | 12 |
| Defective W.C.'s | 10 |
| Flooding of gardens, houses etc. | 6 |
| Inadequate and defective water supplies | 3 |
| Infestations of insects, flies, ants etc. | 9 |
| " wasps, bees, hornets | 22 |
| " rats and mice | 209 |
| Nuisances caused by smoke, dust and odour | 28 |
| " " " noise | 4 |
| " " " offensive accumulations | 4 |
| " " " the keeping of animals | 6 |
| " " " pigeons | 7 |
| " " " inadequate dustbins | 10 |
| Verminous houses | 2 |
| Complaints of unsound or contaminated food | 7 |
| Miscellaneous | 12 |
| TOTAL | 860. |