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Richmond upon Thames 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Inspections under the Housing and Public Health Acts.

Total inspections10,559
Nuisances discovered on 716 of the premises1,396
Defects abated by the end of the year1,261
Defects in course of being remedied at end of year61
Outstanding defects at the end of the year63
Action deferred11
Visits paid to ascertain that the defects were being properly remedied1,565
Defects outstanding at the end of 1942, which have now been abated40
Shops Acts.
Number of shops on register at the end of the year ...720
Special visits made40
Changes of occupancy41
Factories Act 1937.
Factories on the register at the end of the year.
Mechanical127
Non-Mechanical67
Inspections made82
Written notices served2
Verbal notice given2
Defects found16
Defects (a) remedied16
(b) in abeyanceNil
Service of Notices.
Informal Notices Served349
Statutory or Formal Notices Served180