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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
Merton and Morden 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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| Roofs repaired | 93 |
| Gutters repaired | 87 |
| Sink wastes repaired | 12 |
| Walls repaired | 206 |
| W.C. cisterns provided | 1 |
| W.C. cisterns repaired | 13 |
| Water Closets cleansed | 5 |
| W.C. pans provided | 10 |
| Windows repaired or renewed | 52 |
| Ventilation provided under floors | 3 |
| Fireplaces and stoves renewed or repaired | 26 |
| Sinks provided | 1 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 7 |
| Water supply repaired for domestic use | 26 |
| Verminous premises fumigated and cleansed | |
| Sanitary accommodation for workshops | — |
| Miscellaneous | 136 |
Notices Served.
Intimation notices 290
Statutory notices:—
Public Health Act, 1936 49
Housing Act, 1936 —
Moveable dwellings. Three applications for licences to
station caravans in the district were received, one being for
renewal of an existing permission for a further twelve months.
Of the remaining two, one was refused and the other was not
taken up owing to covenant restrictions on the land. Several
times during the year caravans occupied by " pseudo gypsies "
were found on unfenced vacant land in the east of the district
and difficulty was experienced in securing their removal. The
owners were eventually persuaded to enclose the land with
wire-mesh fencing.
Overcrowding". Of the 68 cases carried over from the last
report, 40 were abated during the year by rehousing, 53
further cases were discovered during 1952 and the location
and type of the cases known at the end of the year were as
follows:—
34