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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Drainage | 992 |
Interviews | 475 |
Heating Appliances (Fireguard) Act | 5 |
Merchandise Marks Act | 2 |
Noise Abatement | 23 |
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 | 957 |
Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 14 |
Petroleum Act, 1928 | 68 |
Piggeries | 1 |
Rats and Mice (Visits to Properties) | 3,074 |
Rats and Mice (Visits re sewer treatments) | 472 |
Schools — Elementary and Secondary | 12 |
Shops Act, 1950 | 91 |
Water Supply | 312 |
Miscellaneous Visits | 1,987 |
11,751 |
TABLE 19. — SERVICE OF NOTICES.
(1) Informal action by letter or verbal intimation | 570 |
(2) Statutory action by notice : | |
(a) under the Public Health Act, 1936— | |
(i) Section 39 (drainage) | 2 |
(ii) Sections 92/93 (nuisances) | 13 |
(b) under the Housing Act, 1961 — | |
(i) Section 15 (essential amenities) | 2 |
(ii) Section 19 (overcrowding) | 1 |
(c) under the Clean Air Act, 1956— Section 12 (firegrate adaptations) | 88 |
TABLE 20. — COMPLAINTS.
The complaints received have been classified as follows : — Disrepair of premises : —
Dampness | 45 |
Drainage | 173 |
General defects | 88 |
Nuisance from refuse | 26 |
Nuisance from smoke or fumes | 65 |
Nuisance from insects, animals, etc. | 25 |
Rodent infestations | 259 |
Unsound food | 43 |
Miscellaneous nuisances | 18 |
Noise nuisance | 6 |
Pigeons | |
Water Supply | 10 |
770 |