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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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| Miscellaneous items | 25 |
| Sanitary accommodation not separate for sexes | 1 |
| 35 |
In the main the Factories visited were found to be in good
condition, the defects found being mainly minor in character.
Shops Acts, 1950.
Shops on the Register 793
Visits made 23
The above figure does not include the number of visits paid to
food shops which, when visited, are covered for all provisions of
the various Acts.
| Defective or foul storage tanks | 3 |
| Defective fittings (notified to Water Engineer) | 1 |
| Defective pans | 32 |
| Foul pans | 6 |
| Defective woodwork around pans | 2 |
| Defective seats | 11 |
| Absence of water supply | 11 |
| Defective flushing apparatus | 17 |
| Defective flush-pipe connections | 13 |
| Defective walls, floors or roofs | 38 |
| Defective doors and windows | 18 |
| Want of light and ventilation | 11 |
| Insufficient closet accommodation | 6 |
| Defective walls and channels of urinals | 1 |
| Insanitary urinals cleansed | 1 |
| Defective brickwork (repaired or re-built) | 10 |
| Closets not separate for sexes | 1 |
| Unsuitable or defective urinals | 1 |