London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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| Firegrates and flues defective | 8 |
| First-aid equipment in food premises inadequate | 15 |
| Floors broken or otherwise defective | 29 |
| Floor drainage inadequate | — |
| Food preparation equipment unsatisfactory | 26 |
| Food rooms requiring reconstruction | 20 |
| Food storage unsatisfactory | 16 |
| Gutters leaking or defective | 22 |
| Hot water supply provided | 15 |
| Lighting inadequate | 3 |
| Paving inadequate or defective | 3 |
| R.W.Ps. ventilating drainage systems | |
| R.W.Ps. broken or otherwise defective | 15 |
| Refuse accumulations | 17 |
| Refuse receptacles defective | 16 |
| Roofs leaking or defective | 73 |
| Rooms requiring cleansing | 25 |
| Sanitary accommodation insufficient | 12 |
| Sanitary accommodation not separate for sexes | 3 |
| Sinks insanitary or defective | 14 |
| Sites requiring concrete | — |
| Soilpipes leaking or defective | 16 |
| Staircases defective | 2 |
| Ventilation of rooms inadequate | 2 |
| Walls: plaster defective | 40 |
| Walls: brickwork defective | 7 |
| Washing facilities in food premises inadequate | 47 |
| Wastepipes leaking or defective | 17 |
| Water fittings defective | 11 |
| Water supply inadequate | 6 |
| W.C.'s leaking or defective | 43 |
| Windows defective | 53 |
| Miscellaneous defects | 42 |
| 782 |