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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
Merton and Morden 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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100,000 per millilitre. It should, however, be borne in mind
that practically all the milk sold in this district has been
subjected to commercial pasteurisation.
| Articles. | Analysed. | Adulterated or Deteriorated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
| Milk | 33 | – | 33 | – | – | – |
| Butter | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| Cheese | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sugar | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| Other | ||||||
| articles | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 47 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
The following list indicates the nature of the industries carried on at the large factories in the district:—
| Trade. | No. | Trade. | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic Machine Makers | 1 | Printers | 3 |
| Electrical Engineering | 1 | ||
| Accumulator Makers | 1 | Electric Lamp Manufacturers | 3 |
| Aero Engines | 1 | ||
| Breeze Block Manufacturers | 2 | Engineering | |
| Fibre Board Manufacturers | 1 | ||
| Carpentry and Joinery | 3 | ||
| Coach Builders | 1 | Film Laboratories | 1 |
| Colour Printers | 1 | Film Studios | 1 |
| Furniture Makers | 1 | Saw Mills | 2 |
| Geyser Makers | 1 | Seed Merchants | 1 |
| Instrument Makers | 3 | Sewing Machines | 1 |
| Laundries | 7 | Silk Printers | 2 |
| Manufacturing Chemists | 1 | Sports Outfitters | 1 |
| Heating Engineers | 1 | Time Switches | 1 |
| Meat and Fish Pastes | 1 | Tool Makers | 1 |
| Metal Printers | 2 | Toy Manufacturers | 2 |
| Motor Engineers | 12 | Timber Merchants | 1 |
| Office Equipment | 1 | Varnish Makers | 1 |
| Oxygen Manufacturers | 1 | Wholesale Stationers | 1 |
| Photographic Printers | 1 |
Conditions in Offices. The vast majority of offices in
this district are in connection with new factories which have
been erected as a result of the industrial development of the
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