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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SANITARY INSPECTION.
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 1948. Houses visited and particulars recorded (Housing Act) | 20 |
Houses visited (Public Health Acts) | 1743 |
Revisits to houses and other premises | 1642 |
Visits paid in connection with:— Overcrowding | 39 |
Vermin | 204 |
Disinfestation | 7 |
Enquiries into Infectious Diseases | 113 |
Corporation Dwellings | 15 |
Routine inspections in connection with:— Factories (mechanical) | 17 |
Factories (non-mechanical) | 14 |
Work-places | 5 |
Bakehouses | 19 |
Butchers' Shops | 72 |
Fishmongers'and Poulterers | 16 |
Other registered food stores | 6 |
Cowsheds | 2 |
Dairies and Milk Shops | 51 |
Ice-cream premises | 255 |
Restaurants and Tea Shops | 251 |
Fried Fish Shops | 7 |
Stables | 6 |
Piggeries | 1 |
Public Sanitary Conveniences | 7 |
Shop Acts | 184 |
Theatres and Cinemas | 3 |
Greengrocers' and Fruiterers | 2 |
Tents, Vans, and Sheds | 6 |
Rats and Mice | 584 |
Smoke Observations | 31 |
Schools—Elementary and Secondary | 14 |