Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Inspections under the Housing and Public Health Acts.
Total inspections | 10,559 |
Nuisances discovered on 716 of the premises | 1,396 |
Defects abated by the end of the year | 1,261 |
Defects in course of being remedied at end of year | 61 |
Outstanding defects at the end of the year | 63 |
Action deferred | 11 |
Visits paid to ascertain that the defects were being properly remedied | 1,565 |
Defects outstanding at the end of 1942, which have now been abated | 40 |
Shops Acts. | |
Number of shops on register at the end of the year ... | 720 |
Special visits made | 40 |
Changes of occupancy | 41 |
Factories Act 1937. | |
Factories on the register at the end of the year. | |
Mechanical | 127 |
Non-Mechanical | 67 |
Inspections made | 82 |
Written notices served | 2 |
Verbal notice given | 2 |
Defects found | 16 |
Defects (a) remedied | 16 |
(b) in abeyance | Nil |
Service of Notices. | |
Informal Notices Served | 349 |
Statutory or Formal Notices Served | 180 |