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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Visits
The total number of visits and revisits made during the year by the Public Health Inspectors was 5,770 and the following is a summary of these visits.
| Visits | Revisits | |
|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric Pollution Stations | 720 | l |
| Accumulations of refuse | 75 | 67 |
| Complaints Condition of house | 226 | 620 |
| Caravans, house boats, etc. | 12 | 14 |
| Catering Establishments | 125 | 143 |
| Drainage works | 341 | 724 |
| Factories - with mechanical power | 89 | 85 |
| Factories - without mechanical power | 11 | 7 |
| Food premises (excluding catering establishments) | 268 | 154 |
| Food premises-inspection of unsound food | 143 | 13 |
| Houses - Housing Acts | 84 | 104 |
| Houses - Overcrowding | 23 | 6 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | 12 | 8 |
| Infectious disease | 71 | 45 |
| Milk Vendors | 6 | - |
| Offensive odours | 36 | 19 |
| Outworkers | 31 | 1 |
| Rats and Mice | 187 | 219 |
| Shops - Shop Act inspections | 177 | 43 |
| Smoke observations | 119 | 36 |
| Vermin, insect pests etc. | 40 | 9 |
| Miscellaneous | 380 | 38 |
| Old People (including laundry service) | 62 | 10 |
| Pathological Laboratory | 166 | - |
| 3,404 | 2,366 | |
| No Answers | 511 | - |
| 3,915 | 2,366 |
Action taken other than Housing Act, 1957
Cautionary or Intimation Notices served 215
Statutory Notices issued (under Public Health Acts) 7
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