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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 1952
[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 1952.
| Houses visited and particulars recorded (Housing Act) | 4 |
| Houses visited (Public Health Acts) | 936 |
| Revisits to houses and other premises | 1625 |
| Visits paid in connection with:— | |
| Overcrowding | 39 |
| Vermin | 125 |
| Disinfection | 189 |
| Enquiries into Infectious Diseases | 165 |
| Corporation Dwellings | 3 |
| Routine inspections in connection with:— | |
| Factories (mechanical) | 50 |
| Factories (non-mechanical) | 2 |
| Work'places | 54 |
| Bakehouses | 29 |
| Butchers' Shops | 53 |
| Fishmongers and Poulterers | 16 |
| Other registered food stores | 68 |
| Dairies and Milk Shops | 82 |
| ice-cream premises | 113 |
| Restaurants and Tea Shops | 149 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 7 |
| Stables | 1 |
| Rag and Bone Dealers | 1 |
| Piggeries | 11 |
| Public Houses | 42 |
| Shops Acts | 333 |
| Theatres, Cinemas | 19 |
| Greengrocers' and Fruiterers | 33 |
| Rats and Mice (Visits to Properties) | 3492 |
| Rats and Mice (Visits re sewer treatments) | 1619 |