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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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| Drainage systems obstructed | 40 |
| Drainage systems leaking or defective | 15 |
| Firegrates and flues defective | 16 |
| First'aid equipment in food premises inadequate | — |
| Floors broken or otherwise defective | 55 |
| Floor drainage inadequate | — |
| Food preparation equipment unsatisfactory | 26 |
| Food rooms requiring reconstruction | 1 |
| Food storage unsatisfactory | 2 |
| Gutters leaking or defective | 49 |
| Hot water supply provided | 2 |
| Lighting inadequate | — |
| Paving inadequate or defective | 5 |
| R.W.Ps. ventilating drainage systems | — |
| R.W.Ps. broken or otherwise defective | 18 |
| Refuse accumulations | 1 |
| Refuse receptacles defective | 11 |
| Roofs leaking or defective | 81 |
| Rooms requiring cleansing | 8 |
| Sanitary accommodation insufficient | — |
| Sanitary accommodation not separate for sexes | — |
| Sinks insanitary or defective | 11 |
| Sites requiring concrete | — |
| Soilpipes leaking or defective | 4 |
| Staircases defective | 9 |
| Ventilation of rooms inadequate | — |
| Walls: plaster defective | 136 |
| Walls: brickwork defective | 48 |
| Washing facilities in food premises inadequate | 2 |
| Wastepipes leaking or defective | 12 |
| Water fittings defective | 4 |
| Water supply inadequate | 4 |
| W.C.'s leaking or defective | 26 |
| Windows defective | 95 |
| Miscellaneous defects | 77 |
| 807 |
In order to see that the defects were being properly remedied 711
visits were paid to the various premises.