[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Brentwood U.D.C.

  • Brentwood (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Brentwood U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sanitary Inspection of the Area. Housing (Overcrowding Provisions) Allocation of Council Houses Tents, ^ ans and Sheds (Moveable Dwellings) Sanitary Defects Verminous or Dirty Houses Infectious Diseases Water Supply Drains— Inspected Tested Sewers Cesspools Public Conveniences Factories— Power Non-power Outworkers Premises . . Shops Acts (Sanitary Provisions) Bakehouses .. Rat Infested Premises Ponds, Ditches, Watercourses . . Swine, Fowls, etc. Accumulations of Refuse Tips, etc. Miscellaneous Visits Swimming Pools—Water Samjding Public Shelters Food Inspection. Slaughterhouses Meat Shops Hor.sefiesh Shops iVovision and Other Food Shops Fried Fish Sho]>s Dairies and Milk Sho}>s Ice Cream Premises Knaekers Yards Cowsheds Sampling Milk Water Number of comjjlaints received Inspections. Re-inspections. 5 3 64 — 2 2 253 687 35 46 23 18 16 15 42 , 65 9 1 4 22 10. I — 50 21 6 4 3 — 1 — 29 14 123 76 16 9 5 3 9 2 1 — 155 9 14 — 11 — 2 64 3 .. 242 1 19 5 38 162 33 361 17 Cesspools. Whil«- tin- work of <'mj)tying cesspools in the District is carried out by the Engineer and Snrvf-vor’s I )fpa rt rrwnt, fmepumt complaints from residents are received in the 1‘ul.ln Ib-altli D.-i )artnn'nt regarding alleged nuisances due to overflowing cesspools. If w<»uld ap|»«-ar that tin* lOngiruaT and Surveyor lias not sullicmmt imuins at his dis- po al to enai)b' him to deal often enough with the many cesspools which exist.