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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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20
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 1953.
| Houses visited and particulars recorded (Housing Act) | 12 |
| Houses visited (Public Health Acts) | 1074 |
| Revisits to houses and other premises | 1815 |
Visits paid in connection with:—
| Overcrowding | 216 |
| Vermin | 94 |
| Disinfection | 503 |
| Enquiries into Infectious Diseases | 259 |
| Corporation Dwellings | 81 |
| Routine inspections in connection with:— | |
| Factories (mechanical) | 302 |
| Factories (non-mechanical) | 32 |
| Outworkers | 41 |
| Bakehouses | 61 |
| Butchers' Shops | 70 |
| Dairies and Milk Shops | 41 |
| Fishmongers and Poulterers | 18 |
| Fried Fish Shops | 10 |
| Ice-cream premises | 178 |
| Greengrocers' and Fruiterers | 51 |
| Other food stores | 93 |
| Public Houses | 28 |
| Restaurants and Tea Shops | 205 |
| Milk Sampling (Pasteurised) | 121 |
| Unsound Food | 188 |
| Drainage | 837 |
| Interviews | 708 |
| Massage Establishments | 3 |
| Pet Animals Act | 6 |
| Petroleum Acts | 153 |