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Mitcham 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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premises is 90,070 gallons; of this quantity 83,580 gallons is stored
underground in steel tanks surrounded with concrete and with
measuring pumps attached—a most safe method of storage, it having
withstood several large fires in this district alone.
Shop Acts.
Observations have been kept on shopkeepers and warning given
in several cases, but not reported, of infringement of the Shops
(Hours of Closing) and Shops (Early Closing) Acts. A number of
complaints were received and four cases reported to the Public
Health Committee and official warnings given.
I am,
Your obedient servant,
CHARLES G. RABBETTS,
Senior Sanitary Inspector,