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.
Houses visited and particulars recorded (Housing Act) | 4 |
Houses visited (Public Health Acts) | 1038 |
Revisits to houses and other premises | 1908 |
Visits paid in connection with:— | |
Overcrowding | 92 |
Vermin | 134 |
Disinfestation | 178 |
Enquiries into Infectious Diseases | 107 |
Corporation Dwellings | 1 |
Routine inspections in connection with:— | |
Factories (mechanical) | 21 |
Factories (non-mechanical) | 22 |
Work-places | 2 |
Bakehouses | 30 |
Butchers' Shops | 96 |
Fishmongers' and Poulterers | 18 |
Other registered food stores | 84 |
Dairies and Milk Shops | 69 |
Ice-cream premises | 135 |
Restaurants and Tea Shops | 161 |
Fried Fish Shops | 5 |
Stables | 6 |
Rag and Bone, Dealers | 3 |
Piggeries | 15 |
Public Houses | 33 |
Public Sanitary Conveniences | 1 |
Shops Acts | 23 |
Theatres, Cinemas | l |
Greengrocers' and Fruiterers | 35 |
Rats and Mice (Visits to Properties) | 3157 |