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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
Mitcham 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Medical Inspection.—The medical inspection of school
children is carried out hy the School Health Service of the Surrey
County Council.
Closure of Schools.—No school has been closed by the local
authority during the year.
Infectious Diseases.—Scholars in contact with a case of
infectious disease are excluded from school, the period of the
exclusion being that set out in memorandum of the County
School Medical Officer to the Surrey Education Committee. The
head teacher of the school concerned is always notified of this
exclusion and the reason for same.
PREVENTION OF DESTRUCTION BY PESTS ACT, 1949.
Three full-time and one part-time Rodent Operators were employed.
| House to house inspections | 10,181 |
| Complaints received | 410 |
| Number of treatments re rat infestation including test baits as result of inspection and complaints ... | 1,942 |
| Factory and business premises treated | 101 |
| Visits by Sanitary Inspectors | 197 |
Two sewer maintenance treatments were carried out; 144
manholes were baited. 156 intercepting chambers were also
baited on the route of one maintenance treatment. A ten per
cent, test of the sewer manholes in the district was carried out.
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY
INSPECTOR
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of Mitcham
Madam, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit a summary of the visits and works carried out in the Borough by myself and the District Sanitary Inspectors: —
| Number of complaints received | 1,238 |
| Visits re complaints and sundries | 1,455 |