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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
Sutton and Cheam 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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Number of Shops within the Borough where
ventilation found to be not suitable and
sufficient —
Number of Shops within the Borough where
ventilation rendered suitable and sufficient
as the result of—
(a) Informal action —
(b) Formal action —
Number of Shops within the Borough where
reasonable temperature not maintained 29
Number of Shops within the Borough where
means of heating provided as the result of—
(a) Informal action 29
(b) Formal action —
Number of Shops within the Borough where
suitable and sufficient sanitary accommodation
not provided, 47
Number of Shops within the Borough where
suitable and sufficient sanitary accommodation
provided as the result of—
(a) Informal action 47
(b) Formal action —
Number of Shops within the Borough where the
provisions of Section 10 (1) and (2) were
complied with at the end of 1937 1091
Number of Certificates granted by the Local
Authority exempting shops from the provision
of Section 10 (2) 23
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Two hundred and seventy-three cases of infectious
disease were notified during 1937, a decrease of
seventv-nine eases on the previous year. The decline
in Scarlet Fever was in keeping with a general decline
30