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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 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Table: 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.

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 1951.
Houses visited and particulars recorded (Housing Act)4
Houses visited (Public Health Acts)1038
Revisits to houses and other premises1908
Visits paid in connection with:—
Overcrowding92
Vermin134
Disinfestation178
Enquiries into Infectious Diseases107
Corporation Dwellings1
Routine inspections in connection with:—
Factories (mechanical)21
Factories (non-mechanical)22
Work-places2
Bakehouses30
Butchers' Shops96
Fishmongers' and Poulterers18
Other registered food stores84
Dairies and Milk Shops69
Ice-cream premises135
Restaurants and Tea Shops161
Fried Fish Shops5
Stables6
Rag and Bone, Dealers3
Piggeries15
Public Houses33
Public Sanitary Conveniences1
Shops Acts23
Theatres, Cinemasl
Greengrocers' and Fruiterers35
Rats and Mice (Visits to Properties)3157