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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
The total number of visits and revisits made during the year by the Public Health Inspectors was 6,436 and the following is a summary of these visits.
| Visits | Revisits | |
|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric Pollution Stations | 608 | 4 |
| Accumulations of refuse | 83 | 47 |
| Complaints - Condition of house | 329 | 559 |
| Caravans, house-boats, etc. | 2 | 1 |
| Catering Establishments | 91 | 87 |
| Drainage works | 502 | 755 |
| Factories - with mechanical power | 95 | 53 |
| Factories - without mechanical power | 11 | 6 |
| Food premises (excluding catering establishments) | 188 | 114 |
| Food premises - inspection of unsound food | 158 | 16 |
| Houses - Housing Acts | 58 | 60 |
| Houses - Overcrowding | 151 | 20 |
| Houses - Multiple Occupation | 23 | 14 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | 108 | 2 |
| Infectious disease | 92 | 59 |
| Milk Vendors | 8 | - |
| Noise | 16 | 9 |
| Offensive odours | 41 | 11 |
| Outworkers | 24 | - |
| Rats and Mice | 439 | 246 |
| Shops - Shop Act inspections | 197 | 36 |
| Smoke observations | 168 | 52 |
| Vermin, insect pests etc. | 38 | 10 |
| Miscellaneous | 329 | 32 |
| Old People (including laundry service) | 281 | 17 |
| Pathological Laboratory | 186 | - |
| 4,226 | 2,210 | |
| No Answers | 658 | - |
| 4,884 | 2,210 |
There was an increase in the total number of visits and revisits from
5 770 in 1962 to 6,436 in 1963
The chief rises were the visiting of houses, on complaint, in most cases,
about some aspect of the sanitary conditions or about dampness; on inspection
and improvement of drains and sewers in visits to investigate overcrowding,
because of complaint or because of requests for assistance in presenting a case
for Council housing in visits for the improvement of the premises, mobile or
static, of sellers of ice cream and the taking of samples of ice cream in
rodent control (inspection and treatments), and in visits to elderly persons in
need of care It will be seen from the next page that there was a rise also in
the number of defects and other nuisances remedied.
Action taken other than Housing Act, 1957
Number of Cautionary or Intimation Notices served 357
Number of Statutory Notices issued (under Public Health Acts) 31
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