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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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12
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 1949.
Houses visited and particulars recorded (Housing Act) 66
Houses visited (Public Health Acts) 1263
Revisits to houses and other premises 1500
Visits paid in connection with:—
Overcrowding 13
Vermin 195
Disinfestation 20
Enquiries into Infectious Diseases 246
Corporation Dwellings 45
Routine inspections in connection with:—
Factories (mechanical) 7
Factories (non-mechanical) 12
Work-places 2
Bakehouses 25
Butchers' Shops 27
Fishmongers' and Poulterers 9
Other registered food stores
Cowsheds 5
Dairies and Milk Shops 40
Ice-cream premises 120
Restaurants and Tea Shops 272
Fried Fish Shops 6
Stables 10
Piggeries 3
Public Sanitary Conveniences 68
Shops Acts 174
Greengrocers' and Fruiterers 8
Tents, Vans, and Sheds 2
Rats and Mice 294
Smoke Observations 13
Schools—Elementary and Secondary 3