London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[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 |