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 Brentford and Chiswick]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
Inspections
Number of primary inspections made:-
(a) On Complaint 1,284
(b) Routine 1,297
(c) In connection with infectious disease 164
Total 2,745
Number of re-inspections 2,701
Total number of inspections and re-inspections 5,446
Action taken other than Housing Act, 1936
Cautionary or intimation notices served 588
Statutory Notices issued (Under Public Health Acts) 29
Summonses served 3
Number of certificates under Rent etc. (Restrictions)
Acts issued to tenants 2
Number of Clearance Certificates issued to owners 1
The following list shows the number of defects remedied during
the year as a result of notices serveds-
Brickwork, repaired 9
Choked drains, unstopped 35
Chimney stacks and flues, repaired and made good 17
Ceilings, repaired and made good 66
Doors and frames, repaired 12
Dustbins, supplied 11
Dampness in walls, remedied 15
Fresh air inlets and interceptor caps etc., provided 29
Firegrates, cooking stoves, repaired or renewed . 30
Floors, joists and staircases repaired or renewed 45
Gutterings repaired or renewed or cleaned out 4o
Inspection covers and frames renewed 10
Leaky roofs and skylights repaired 121
Plaster to walls, repaired and made good 94
Rainwater pipes, repaired or renewed 13
Soil pipe ventilators, repaired or renewed 4
Sinks replaced
Seats to W.C’s, repaired or renewed 6
Waste water preventors, repaired or renewed 12
Walls and ceilings, cleansed or redecorated 117
Waste pipes, repaired or renewed 14
Window frames, sash cords, sills, repaired or renewed 83
W.C's replaced 24
Yard Paving, repaired and made good 11
Miscellaneous items 48
TOTAL 989
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