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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
Richmond upon Thames 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Sanitary Inspections of District.
Article XX (16) of the Local Government Board's General
Order of the 13th December, 1910, states that " The Inspector
of Nuisances shall, as soon as practicable after the thirty-first
day of December in each year, furnish the Medical Officer of
Health with a tabular statement containing the following
particulars:—
(a) The number and nature of inspections made by him
during the year.
(b) The number of notices served during the year, distinguishing
statutory notices from the informal
notices.
(c) The result of the service of such notices.
In accordance with the General Order of the Local
Government Board, the Inspector of Nuisances submits the
following tables shewing the number and nature of Inspections
made during the year ending December 31st, 1913, with
particulars relating to the service of notices. The statement
is again very satisfactory, and shews that a large amount of
good and useful work has been accomplished during the year.
(a
| Total number of visits made | 5985 |
| No. of Houses inspected (Housing, &c., Act) | 298 |
| No. of Sanitary defects and nuisances dealt with | 2870 |
| No. of Houses,&c., inspected (ordinarily re complaints, &c.) | 1552 |
| Visits re Nuisances in course of abatement | 2508 |
| Visits re Infectious Disease | 372 |
| Visits re Tuberculosis | 150 |
| Visits to Factories | 9 |
| „ Workshops | 237 |
| „ Outworkers | 20 |
| „ Bakehouses | 69 |
| „ Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops | 120 |
| „ Ice Cream Makers Premises | 16 |
| „ Dining Rooms, &c. | 108 |
| Slaughterhouses | 18 |