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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

Chingford 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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CHINGFORD URBAN DISTRICT
COUNCIL.

Table: Summary of work done through the Sanitary Inspector in the Urban Sanitary District of Chingford during the Year, ending Dec. 31st, 1897. Being a copy of the Report annually forwarded to the Clerk of the County Council of Essex.

Summary of work done through the Sanitary Inspector in the Urban Sanitary District of Chingford during the Year, ending Dec. 31st, 1897. Being a copy of the Report annually forwarded to the Clerk of the County Council of Essex.

Totals for Year.
Complaints received18
Nuisances detected110
Nuisances abated110
Notices served10'4
Cottages inspected365
Slaughter-houses inspected2
Bakehouses inspected2
Dairies and Milk Shops inspected2
Cowsheds inspected14
Houses disinfected5
Overcrowding abated2
Privies and W.C.'s repaired ; W.C.'s supplied with water18
Cisterns cleansed, repaired, or covered6
Animals improperly kept removed3

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(Signed) JNO. T. GRIFFIN, F.I.S.E.
Sanitary Inspector.