London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Sutton and Cheam 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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Statutory Notices were served as under:
| Housing Act 1936 Sections 9 and 10 . (as amended by the Housing Act 1949) | 46 | |||
| Public Health Act 1936, Section | 24 | 70 | ||
| " | " | " | 39 | 7 |
| " | " | " | 45 | 5 |
| " | " | " | 48 | 3 |
| " | " | " | 75 | 17 |
| " | " | " | 83 | 1 |
| " | " | " | 84 | 1 |
| Total | 150 | |||
Summary of Remedial Works and Sanitary Improvements Carried out
Drainage and Sanitary Fittings.
| Number of houses and other premises redrained | 9 | ||
| Repairs and amendments to existing drains | 112 | ||
| Drains or gillies unstopped or cleansed (Involving 902 pranlses) | 318 | ||
| Sanitary fittings repaired/renewed/provided or cleansed | 639 | ||
| Water service plpes/clsterns/repalred, renewed or cleansed | 15 | ||
| Water, smoke and chemical tests applied | 289 | ||
| W.C. Apartments: | |||
| W. C. Appartments provided | 25 | ||
| " | lighted and/or ventilated | 12 | |
| " | provided with ventilated lobbies | 3 | |
| " | cleansed | 33 | |
| Separate W.C. accommodation provided for the sexes | 2 | ||
| Structural Repairs or Improvements carried out: | |||
| Number of roofs repaired or renewed | 222 | ||
| " | guttering and rainwater pipes provided repaired, etc | 145 | |
| " | damp walls remedied | 121 | |
| " | brick, walls repointed, repaired or re-rendered | 74 | |
| " | chimney stacks repaired or rebuilt | 29 | |
| " | yards paved or repaired | 19 | |
| " | sites of houses concreted | 13 | |
| " | floors relald or repaired | 83 | |
| " | windows/sills/sashcords repaired or renewed | 275 | |
| " | doors/thresholds provided or repaired | 51 | |
| " | staircases/handrails provided or repaired | 9 | |
| " | ranges/stoves/coppers renewed or repaired | 44 | |
| " | Miscellaneous Items | 11 | |
| Cleansing: | |||
| Number or rooms/passages/larders cleansed and/or repaired | 279 | ||
| " | trade premises cleansed | 42 | |
| " | verminous houses disinfested for bugs/fleas | 33 | |
| " | premises sprayed for cockroaches/crickets/ wood beetles, etc, | 42 | |
| " | premises disinfected after various diseases | 216 | |