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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
Hampstead 1910
Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The premises on which milk is sold are as follows:—
| Dairies | 50 |
| Bakehouses and Confectioners | 20 |
| Restaurants and Coffee Shops | 16 |
| General Shops | 21 |
Four of the registered milksellers do not occupy shops, two being
registered in reference to refreshment tents on Hampstead Heath on
Bank Holidays, and two have milk rounds in the Borough hut no shops.
During the year 495 inspections were made of premises where milk is sold, and the following works were carried out:—
| Premises or parts of premises repaired, cleansed, and limewashed | 18 |
| Water cisterns cleansed or covered | 5 |
| Drains repaired or reconstructed | 10 |
| Drains unstopped | 2 |
| Drain inlets inside premises abolished | 4 |
| Soil pipes repaired or reconstructed | 6 |
| Water-closets repaired or renewed. | 15 |
| Water-closets cleansed | 9 |
| Roofs repaired | 4 |
| Gutters and rainwater pipes repaired or renewed | 6 |
| New sinks fixed | 5 |
| Waste pipes of sinks trapped, repaired or renewed | 12 |
| Yard paving repaired or renewed | 12 |
| Dustbins provided | 5 |
| Gullies cleansed | 2 |
Section 5 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1908, empowers sanitary authorities in London to remove from the
register of milksellers any cowkeeper, dairyman, or purveyor of milk
who is carrying on his trade on premises unsuitable for the sale of milk,
and to refuse to enter any such person upon the register. As a result
of an inspection that was made in 1909 and the early part of 1910, the
Public Health Committee recommended the Council in April, 1910 to
remove 20 milkshops from the register as being unsuitable for the sale
of milk. All these places were general shops in which milk was sold
with a variety of articles, the presence of which rendered the milk liable
to contamination. The Committee's recommendation was not adopted
by the Council, and the shops remain upon tie register, except two that
changed in occupation during the year, and are now used for other trades.