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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

Wandsworth 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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probably the first systematic national survey ever undertaken in
any country to establish the degree of contamination of food by
pesticidal chemicals. The preliminary results from this survey show
no cause for alarm.
PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTION
Work of the Public Health Inspectors

Table: A summary of the inspections carried out during the year is given in Table 1.TABLE 1

A summary of the inspections carried out during the year is given in Table 1.

TABLE 1

InspectionsRe-InspectionsTotal
To investigate complaints5,85210,79716,649
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act487383870
Infectious Diseases1,1847741,958
Factories Act325-325
Housing Clearance Area Scheme444-444
Housing Reports173-173
Hairdressers164-164
Other inspections6,3623,72210,084
Totals14,99115,67630,667

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Table 2 gives details of the sanitary operations carried out in the
Borough during the year.