Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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Sanitary
Inspection of
the Area
I give below summary tables of inspections carried out, samples
obtained and complaints received.
Further information and items of interest are given later in the report under the various headings.
INSPECTIONS
| Initial | Re- | Notices | Issued | Notices | Complied | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspection | inspections | Informal | Formal | Informal | Formal | |
| DWELLINGS: | ||||||
| Housing Act(including Slum Clearance and Multi-occupation) | 2,021 | 2,188 | 15 | 4 | 9 | |
| Rent Acts (Certificates of Disrepair) | 9 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| Public Health Acts (Nuisances) | 9,808 | 5,399 | 399 | 144 | 318 | 130 |
| Clean Air Act (Smoke Control Areas) | 2,052 | 2,438 | — | 129 | — | 104 |
| Infectious Disease (including visits to advise long stay immigrants) | 1,040 | 1,010 | — | — | — | — |
| OTHER PREMISES: | ||||||
| Food Premises | 2,357 | 1,430 | 92 | - | 79 | - |
| Offices, Shops Act | 1,737 | 911 | 243 | - | 227 | - |
| Factories and Workshops Dairies | 223 41 | 177 27 | 24 | _ | 22 | - |
| Clean Air Act (Industrial Premises) | 603 | 302 | 2 | _ | 2 | - |
| Pests (Rats, mice, wasps, pigeons) | 1,149 | 632 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Rag Flock Premises | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Schools | 353 | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Swimming Baths | 71 | 17 | - | - | - | - |
| Hairdressers | 19 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs | 14 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pharmacy and Poisons | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Animal Boarding Establishments | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Riding Establishments | 17 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Pet Animals Act | 77 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Diseases of Animals Act | 122 | 5 | _ | - | - | - |
| Atmospheric Pollution Measuring In- | ||||||
| stuments | — | 762 | - | - | — |