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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
Chigwell 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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| INFECTIOUS DISEASE: | |
| Inquiries in cases of infectious disease | 510 |
| Visits re disinfection | 11 |
| Miscellaneous Infectious Disease visits | 397 |
| 918 | |
| MEAT AND FOOD INSPECTION: | |
| Visits to: Slaughterhouses | 217 |
| Butchers | 65 |
| Canteens | 17 |
| Dairies & Milk Distributors | 5 |
| Fishmongers & Poulterers | 22 |
| Grocers | 120 |
| Greengrocers & Fruiterers | 53 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 27 |
| Restaurants | 51 |
| Street Vendors & Hawkers' Carts | 6 |
| Confectioners | 1 |
| Bakeries | 13 |
| Diseases of Animals | 2 |
| Sampling: Milk | 2 |
| Ice Cream | 29 |
| Food and Drugs | 37 |
| Food Hygiene Guild | 1 |
| Food Hygiene Regulations | 354 |
| Miscellaneous Food Visits | 178 |
| 1,200 | |
| Total: | 7,220 |
House refuse was collected under the supervision of the
Engineer and Surveyor, Mr. G. Holbourn, A.M.Inst., C.E., to whom
I am indebted for the information regarding drainage, sewerage, and
public cleansing and to Mr. Bywater, M.R.C.V.S., for his report on
Riding Establishments.
(Signed) W. H. DIGWEED, A.R.S.H., M.a.P.H.I.
Chief Public Health Inspector.
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