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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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Table: Shops Acts, 1950.

Shops Acts, 1950.

Shops on the Register793
Visits made333

Table: 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.

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 tanks4
Defective fittings (notified to Water Engineer)2
W.C.'s and Urinals:
Defective pans30
Foul pans2
Defective woodwork around pans1
Defective seats5
Absence of water supply9
Defective flushing apparatus11
Defective flush-pipe connections11
Defective walls, floors or roofs25
Defective doors and windows11
Want of light and ventilation5
Insufficient closet accommodation7
Insanitary urinals cleansed ...2
Defective brickwork (repaired or re-built)4
Closets not separate for sexes1
Unsuitable or defective urinals1
Soil-Pipes:
Defective or insufficient soil-pipes and vent shafts10
Want of, or defective ventilation shafts4
Rainwater pipe acting as ventilation shafts19
Defective Fresh air inlets3
Drains:
Defective drains27
Defective sewers4
Want of additional house drains5