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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Shops Acts, 1950.
Shops on the Register | 793 |
Visits made | 333 |
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.
SANITARY DEFECTS REPORTED. | |
Water Supply: | |
Defective or foul storage tanks | 4 |
Defective fittings (notified to Water Engineer) | 2 |
W.C.'s and Urinals: | |
Defective pans | 30 |
Foul pans | 2 |
Defective woodwork around pans | 1 |
Defective seats | 5 |
Absence of water supply | 9 |
Defective flushing apparatus | 11 |
Defective flush-pipe connections | 11 |
Defective walls, floors or roofs | 25 |
Defective doors and windows | 11 |
Want of light and ventilation | 5 |
Insufficient closet accommodation | 7 |
Insanitary urinals cleansed ... | 2 |
Defective brickwork (repaired or re-built) | 4 |
Closets not separate for sexes | 1 |
Unsuitable or defective urinals | 1 |
Soil-Pipes: | |
Defective or insufficient soil-pipes and vent shafts | 10 |
Want of, or defective ventilation shafts | 4 |
Rainwater pipe acting as ventilation shafts | 19 |
Defective Fresh air inlets | 3 |
Drains: | |
Defective drains | 27 |
Defective sewers | 4 |
Want of additional house drains | 5 |