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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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dustbins is salvaged in other ways, leaving the bins in ah
almost innocuous state. The Salvage Works have been maintained
in a good state of efficiency, some women now being employed.
The salvage tonnage for the years 1941 and 1942 was as follows:—
| Tonnage. | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 1942 | |
| Paper | 365 | 642 |
| Metals | 522 | 779 |
| Pig Food | 661 | 814 |
| Bottles and Glass | 179 | 177 |
| Rags | 30 | 26 |
No new vehicles have been purchased, but a re-conditioned
lorry was purchased in 1942.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit an abbreviated Annual Report which
summarises the work carried out by your Sanitary Inspectors
during the years 1940/1941/1942. It should be recorded that
the Chief Sanitary Inspector was seconded to the Fire Brigade
Service from the outbreak of war and continued to act as
Chief Officer until the end of December, 1941.
Housing Inspections. The total number of houses inspected
during the two years for "Sanitary Defects " under the Public
Health and Housing Acts was:—
1940 1941 1942
375 418 407
Action taken in connection with defective dwellinghouses is set
out on page 55.
Notices specifying the necessary work required to remedy sanitary defects were served upon owners of properties as follows:-
| Intimation Notices | 191 | 190 | 214 |
| Statutory Notices:— | |||
| Public Health Acts | 16 | 26 | 17 |
| Housing Act, 1936 | 1 | 9 | — |
Eradication of Bed-bugs. Twenty-eight houses in 1940,
twenty in 1941 and twenty in 1942 were found on inspection
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