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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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BOROUGH OF BRENTFORD AND CHISWICK. HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION DURING THE YEAR 1938.
| STREET OR ROAD. | Number of Inspections. | Houses let in two Tenements. | Houses let in three Tenements. | Houses let in four Tenements. | Number of Inhabitants. | Number of Living Rooms. | Number of Sleeping Rooms. | Average Number of | NUISANCES AND SANITARY DEFECTS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defective Drains. | Defective Connections. | Choked Drains. | Defective Soil Pipes and Drain Ventilators. | Defective Fresh Air Inlets. | Absence of, and Broken Manhole Covers, etc. | Absence of, and Leaky and Defective Sinks. | Defective Water-closets. | Water Supply to W.C.'s. | Leaky Roofs. | Defective Eaves Guttering, j | Defective Waste, Rainwater Pipes, etc. | Dampness in Walls, Floors, etc. | Insufficient Ashpits. | Defective Paving of Yards, Outhouses, etc. | Improper Situation of, or Construction of Drinking Water Cisterns. | Premises requiring Repairing and Cleansing. | Overcrowding. | Nuisances from Keeping Animals, etc. | Accumulations of Stagnant Water. | Accumulations of Offensive Matter, Manure, etc. | Other Defects. | ||||||||||||
| Adults. | Children. | TOTAL. | Persons per House, including Children. | Living and Sleeping Rooms per House. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annandale Road | 36 | 14 | 20 | - | 205 | 46 | 251 | 123 | 133 | 7.0 | 7.1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | 30 | - | - | 1 | - | 29 |
| British Grove (Part of) | 15 | 1 | 3 | - | 62 | 15 | 77 | 28 | 45 | 5.1 | 4.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | _ | - | _ | 6 |
| Devonshire Place | 23 | - | - | - | 71 | 9 | 80 | 43 | 48 | 3.5 | 4.0 | - | - | - | - | - | _ | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | _ | 12 | _ | _ | - | _ | 9 |
| Devonshire Street | 30 | 3 | - | - | 102 | 16 | 118 | 55 | 61 | 3.9 | 3.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | _ | - | _ | 12 |
| Duke Road (Part of) | 52 | 28 | - | - | 236 | 31 | 267 | 148 | - | 5.1 | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | - | 1 | 13 | - | - | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | 24 |
| Haywood Terrace | 8 | 8 | - | - | 40 | 11 | 51 | 21 | 27 | 6.4 | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | _ | - | - | 27 | |
| Hunt Street | 14 | 4 | - | - | 68 | 16 | 84 | 35 | 45 | 6.0 | 5.7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Prince of Wales Terrace | 3 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 181 | 59 | 23 | - | 792 | 148 | 940 | 459 | 531 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 109 | - | - | 1 | - | 112 |
| Brook Road (C) | 8 | 5 | 1 | - | 55 | 8 | 63 | 30 | 25 | 7.9 | 6.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Chiswick Common Road | 27 | 6 | - | - | 89 | 11 | 100 | 62 | 61 | 3.7 | 4.6 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | - | 18 | -- | - | - | - | 29 |
| Chiswick Road | 23 | 7 | 1 | - | 91 | 12 | 103 | 58 | 70 | 4.5 | 5.6 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Dewsbury Crescent | 34 | - | - | - | 80 | 23 | 103 | 33 | 39 | 3.0 | 2.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | _ | 19 | - | - | - | - | 21 |
| Oxford Gardens | 47 | 44 | - | - | 211 | 52 | 263 | 139 | 137 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 34 | - | - | - | - | 45 |
| Totals | 139 | 62 | 2 | - | 526 | 106 | 632 | 322 | 332 | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 88 | - | - | - | - | 116 |
| Brook Lane North (Part of) | 6 | - | - | - | 22 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 4.0 | 4.0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Glenhurst road | 37 | - | - | - | 119 | 15 | 134 | 82 | 111 | 3.6 | 5.2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| Grosvenor Road | 36 | 1 | - | - | 117 | 21 | 138 | 108 | 107 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Hamilton Road | 49 | 1 | - | - | 175 | 22 | 197 | 149 | 149 | 4.0 | 6.1 . | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| New Road | 61 | 1 | - | - | 171 | 17 | 1.88 | 124 | 165 | 3.1 | 4.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 17 | - | - | 1 | - | 19 |
| Totals | 189 | 3 | - | - | 604 | 77 | 681 | 475 | 544 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 66 | - | 1 | - | 56 | |
| Grand Totals | 509 | 124 | 25 | - | 1922 | 331 | 2253 | 1256 | 1407 | - | - | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 39 |l03 | 15 | 36 | 80 22 | 31 8 | 263 | - | - | 2 | 284 | ||||||