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 Chiswick]
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TABLE I.
CHISWICK URBAN DISTRICT.
County of Middlesex.—Sanitary Work, 1911.
Inspections.
Number of premises inspected on complaint 161
Number of premises inspected in connection with
infectious diseases 344
Number of premises under periodical inspection 297
Houses inspected from house-to-house (H. & T. P. Act) 2607
Total number of inspections and re-inspections made 7599
Action Taken (Other than under H. & T. P. Act).
Cautionary or intimation notices given 1414
Statutory orders issued 315
Summonses served *3
Convictions obtained 2
'One summons was withdrawn on the abatement of nuisance.
Dwelling Houses and Action under H. & T. P. Act, 1909.
Number of houses dealt with under Sec. 15 nil
Number of houses found to be in a state dangerous or
injurious to health (Sec. 17) 69
Number of representations made by M.O.H. or
Sanitary Inspector (Sec. 17) 69
Number of houses made habitable without closing
orders †34
Number of closing orders made by L.A. (Sec. 17) †35
Number of houses closed voluntarily Nil
Number of closing orders determined after repairs
(Sec. 17) 8
Number of houses demolished (a) by order of L.A.
(Sec. 17), (6) voluntarily b2
Illegal underground rooms vacated nil
†Eighteen of these houses were under repair at the end of the year.
Houses Let in Lodgings (Tenement Houses).
Number registered under bye-laws 341
Number of contraventions
Dealt with under Public Health Acts
Common Lodging Houses.
Number registered under bye-laws —
Number of Inspections made —
Number of Contraventions —