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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
Richmond upon Thames 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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For the following particulars I am indebted to the Chief Sanitary Inspector, who submitted his Report in accordance with the Sanitary Officers (Outside London) Regulations 1935.
| Inspections during 1945. | |
| Houses visited and particulars recorded (Housing Act) | 339 |
| Houses visited (Public Health Acts) | 1,729 |
| Re-visits in connection with above | |
| (a) Housing Act | 30 |
| (b) Public Health Acts | 1,472 |
| Visits paid in connection with: — | |
| Overcrowding | 13 |
| Reinspections | 6 |
| Vermin | 32 |
| Reinspections | 23 |
| Disinfestation | 44 |
| Infectious Disease | 66 |
| Corporation dwellings | 245 |
| Routine inspections in connection with : — | |
| Factories (mechanical) | 18 |
| Factories (non-mechanical) | 4 |
| Outplaces | 2 |
| Bakehouses | 9 |
| Butchers' shops | 33 |
| Fishmongers and Poulterers | 13 |
| Other registered food stores | 8 |
| Cowsheds | 6 |
| Dairies and Milk Shops | 15 |
| Ice-cream premises | 50 |
| Restaurants and Tea Shops | 45 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 11 |
| Stables | 47 |
| Piggeries | 8 |
| Public Sanitary Conveniences | 9 |
| Shops Acts | 2 |
| Theatres and Cinemas | 2 |