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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Table: Defects Found in Factories and other premises Under the Acts-

Defects Found in Factories and other premises Under the Acts-

PartoicularsNumber of Defects
FoundRemedied
Want of cleanliness44
Inadequate ventilation--
Overcrowding--
Unreasonable temperature--
Ineffective floor drainage--
Absence of thermometers42
Insuffient lighting in W. C. Apartments54
Other nuisances1310
Sanitary Accommodation -
(a) Insufficient3-
(b) Want of cleanliness2422
(c) Unsuitable or defective1612
(d) Not separate for the sexes--
Total6954

Table: PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 - WORKPLACES

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 - WORKPLACES

Number of
InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
192-

Table: The following list indicates the nature of the 240 formal and Informal samples submitted for analysis during the year

The following list indicates the nature of the 240 formal and Informal samples submitted for analysis during the year

ArticleNumber of samples examined.Number of unsatisfactory samples.
FormalInformalTotalFormalInformalTotal
Almonds ground22
Almond Rock111l
Almonds sliced11
Apple Puree111l
Apple Toffee11
Baking Powder11
Beans in Tomato11
Bicarbonate of Soda11
Brawn - Pork11
Carried forward1910112

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SMOKE ABATEMENT
The few chimneys attached to industrial premises in the
district have been kept under observation.
During the year two smoke and grit nuisances were detected
and abated as a result of informal action.
in 1951 grit deposit gauges will be installed to measure
the grit fall in the north of the Borough,
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Food and Drugs Act, 1933 - Samplin
11