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 Westminster, City of]
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(a) Great Marlborough Ward Rotten wooded floor in front cellar
replaced with cement.
(b) Do. Wall protected from damp; general
cleansing and repair of walls,
ceilings and floors.
(c) St. John's Ward Paving of yards, removal of refuse,
cleansing of floors, limewashing of
walls.
(d) Victoria Ward Repairing of general yard and of
stable yard, removal of manure.
The London County Council had a special report made to them by
Dr. Hamer on the subject in 1903, on account of a suggestion from the
trade that it is desirable that no one should be allowed to manufacture
aerated waters without a special permit—a system recently adopted in
New York—and under regulations.
Slaughter-houses.—There is now only one slaughter-house in the
City, viz., at 14, Eegency Street. It was visited fourteen times.
Offensive Trades.—No places in the City are now licensed for the
carrying on of trades which come under this category. During the
year the last two, both tripe-boilers, discontinued the business. Four
visits were paid to them before they were given up.
Food and Market Inspections.
The markets and places where food is sold have been inspected
every day (including Sundays), and the vigilance displayed by the
Inspectors in previous years has been maintained. The following list
shows the quantity of food seized, condemned, and destroyed as unfit
for food during the year:—
Apples | 1½tons | Horseradish | 16 cwt. |
Asparagus | 1 ton | Onions | 8 cwt. |
„ (tinned) | 22 tins | Oranges | 1¼ tons. |
Bananas | 17 tons | Peaches | 3 cwt. |
Beans | 2¾ tons | Pears | 2 tons |
„ Madeira | 1¼ cwt. | Peas, Green | 20 lbs. |
„ (tinned) | 1,359 tins | Plums | 14½ tons |
Cauliflowers | 2½ cwt. | Potatoes | 5 cwt. |
Cherries | 3 cwt. | Rice | 16 lbs. |
Chestnuts | 1½ tons | Spinach | 63 lbs. |
Chillies | ¼ cwt. | Strawberries | 11¾ cwt. |
Cocoa-nuts | 11½ cwt. | Tomatoes | 8 tons |
Cucumbers | ¾ cwt. | Turnips | 8 tons |
Grapes | 1 ton 4 cwt. |