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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 1950
[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 1950. | |
| Houses visited and particulars recorded (Housing Act) | 33 |
| Houses visited (Public Health Acts) | 1169 |
| Revisits to houses and other premises | 2049 |
| Visits paid in connection with:— | |
| Overcrowding | 55 |
| Vermin | 174 |
| Disinfestation | 18 |
| Enquiries into Infectious Diseases | 154 |
| Corporation Dwellings | 12 |
| Routine inspections in connection with:— | |
| Factories (mechanical) | 52 |
| Factories (non-mechanical) | 3 |
| Work-places | 2 |
| Bakehouses | 65 |
| Butchers' Shops | 95 |
| Fishmongers'and Poulterers | 39 |
| Other registered food stores | 152 |
| Cowsheds | 5 |
| Dairies and Milk Shops | 88 |
| Ice-cream premises | 128 |
| Restaurants and Tea Shops | 350 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 21 |
| Stables | 4 |
| Rag and Bone, Dealers | 6 |
| Piggeries | - |
| Public Sanitary Conveniences | |
| Shops Acts | 42 |
| Theatres, Cinemas | |
| Greengrocers' and Fruiterers | 39 |
| Rats and Mice | 3682 |
| Smoke Observations | 21 |