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Sutton and Cheam 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR UNDER ART.
27 OF THE SANITARY OFFICERS (OUTSIDE
LONDON) REGULATIONS, 1935.
On the grounds of economy the Report of the Chief
Sanitary Inspector on Sanitary circumstances, Housing, Food
Supply, etc. (pages 9 to 26 ) continues to be condensed.
RECORD OF INSPECTIONS AND NOTICES SERVED.
| Number. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Special Inspections; interviews on premises and advisory visits | 1,721. | |
| Re-inspections | 4,085. | |
| Visits to works in progress | 1,536. | |
| Visits to Factories (with or without power) and workplaces | 297. | |
| Visits to Bakehouses (with or without power) | 28. | |
| Visits to Outworkers premises | 44. | |
| Visits to Slaughterhouses | 2. | |
| Visits to Butchers, Grocers and other food premises | 364. | |
| Visits to Dairies and Milk Shops | 14. | |
| Visits to Ice Cream promises | 97. | |
| Visits to Stables, Passages, Pigstyes | 25. | |
| Visits to Restaurant and Cafe Kitchens | 51. | |
| Visits to Premises re rats and mice infestations | 5,879. | |
| Visits to Tents, Vans, Shods etc | 5. | |
| Visits to Cinemas, Theatres, Halls etc. | 18. | |
| Visits to Premises re infectious diseases | 162. | |
| Visits to Premises re overcrowding and Permitted Numbers | 623. | |
| Visits to Premises re food complaints (shops and private houses) | 388. | |
| Visits to Harbors' and Hairdressers' premises | 87. | |
| Visits to Public and School Conveniences | 37. | |
| Visits and re-visits to Verminous Houses | 67. | |
| Visits and re-visit's under the Shops Acts | 302. | |
| Visits re taking of Food and Drug Samples | 147. | |
| Visits re Bacteriological sampling of milk, water etc. | 77. | |
| Visits re Bacteriological sampling of ice cream | 62. | |
| Visits re Smoke observations | 8. | |
| Miscellaneous Visits | 2,623. | |
| 18,749. | ||
| Premises at which defects or nuisances were discovered | 1,603. | |
| Dwellinghouses surveyed for housing defects under | ||
| Public Health or Housing Acts | 345. | |
| Defects or nuisances discovered | 2,788. | |
| Defects or nuisances remedied | 1,936. | |
| Defects or nuisances in hand | 153. | |
| Defects or nuisances outstanding | 699. | |
| Informal Notices served | 970. | |
| Statutory Notices served:- | ||
| Housing Act, Sees. 9 & 10 | 40. | |
| Public Health Act, Sec. 24. | 54. | |
| Public Health Act, Sec. 39. | 26. | |
| Public Health Act, Sec. 48. | 3. | |
| Public Health Act, Sec. 45. | 7. | |
| Public Health Act, Sec. 93. | 3. | |
| Public Health Act, Sec. 75. | 18. Total | 151. |
| Complaints received and investigated | 710. | |
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