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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

Carshalton 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: One thousand three hundred and eighty-six informal notices were served for the following purposes

One thousand three hundred and eighty-six informal notices were served for the following purposes

Toys for rags2
Information in rentbooks243
Defective premises475
Byelaw (Houses let in lodgings)I
Rats299
Vermin21
Accumulations97
Drainage obstructions112
Water courses79
Miscellaneous48
House refuse accommodation24
Drainage defects75
Connection to sewer7
Street Traders13
Smoke nuisances6
Factory and Workshops4
1386

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(Notices of intention to inspect were served with respect to 408
houses.)
Forty-seven formal notices were served under the following
Acts:
Housing Act, 1936—(Section 9) 2
,, ,, ,, —(Section 66) 9
Public Health Acts 1875 (Section 91) 20
„ „ „ „ (Section 41) 12
„ „ „ „ (Section 36) 1
„ „ „ „ 1936 (Section 93) 3
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As a result of the serving of notices, the following works were
executed:—
premises
Brickwork repaired and/or renewed 52
Ceiling plaster repaired and made good 122
cleansed and purified 249
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