Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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authority. The number of premises found to be rat infested
in 1940 was 92 and a total of 573 inspections were made.
During 1941 the number of premises found to be rat infested
was 63, and a total of 593 inspections were made. In 1942, the
number of premises was 72 and the inspections made 553.
1940 | 1941 | 1942 | |
---|---|---|---|
693 | 211 | 280 | |
Evening visits | 14 | 2 | — |
(1) Evening closing hours | 3 | — | — |
(2) Half-day closing | 4 | 2 | 1 |
(3) Hours of employment for "young persons" | 7 | 4 | - |
(4) Seats not provided for females | — | ||
(5) Prescribed notices not correst or or exhibited | 90 | 51 | 52 |
(6) Sanitary arrangements unsatisfactory | - | - | - |
(7) Reasonable temperature not maintained | 26 | 11 | — |
Housing—Primary visits | 418 | 407 | |
Re-inspections—work in progress | 1,001 | 1,201 | |
Re-Overcrowding | 40 | 83 | |
Miscellaneous, housing- | 164 | 196 | |
Drainage work | 916 | 988 | |
Factories | 278 | 418 | |
Stables and Piggeries | 110 | 61 | |
Rats and Mice Destruction | 592 | 553 | |
Enquiries, infectious diseases | 158 | — | |
„ contacts, infectious diseases | 75 | 72 | |
Visits to schools | 7 | 5 | |
Re-disinfections | 237 | — | |
Smoke abatement | 26 | 12 | |
Food Shops, etc. | 1,083 | 924 | |
Milk Supply | 104 | 109 | |
Rivers and Streams, pollutions | 87 | 138 | |
Complaints, investigated | 395 | 422 | |
Miscellaneous | 954 | 1,015 |
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
J. B. POINTON,
10th March, 1943. Chief Sanitary Inspector.
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