London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Chelsea 1903
Annual report for 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Miscellaneous:— | |
| Dead bodies removed to public mortuary for sanitary reasons | 7 |
| Goods disinfected after infectious cases at station | 7354 |
| Goods destroyed after infectious cases | 137 |
| Number of samples taken for analysis (Food and Drugs Act) | 181 |
| Unsound Food. Number of boxes of fruit, fish, birds, &c., condemned and destroyed | 143† |
| Library books destroyed at Librarian's request | 37 |
| Proceedings Taken :— | |
| Statutory notices issued | 222 |
| Intimations issued for sanitary works, &c., including infectious disease cases | 767 |
| Legal proceedings in respect of defective sanitary arrangements, nuisances, &c. | 3 |
| Legal proceedings in respect of food adulteration | 2 |
| Correspondence:— | |
| Number of letters written in connection with sanitary | |
| matters | 863* |
| Daily returns of infectious cases sent to Metropolitan Asylums Board | 126 |
| Notification of infectious cases sent to School Authorities | 243 |
| Entries in Inspectors' Report Books | 650 |
| „ Inhabitants' Complaint Book | 67 |
| Certificates of Disinfection given | 218 |
| Certificates of infectious diseases for removal cases | 148 |
| Notices sent to Public Library of premises wherein infectious disease has occurred | 251 |
The cow-houses and slaughter houses were inspected by the
Medical Officer of Health prior to licenses being renewed in
October last, and a list of the retail bakehouses under inspection
in Chelsea forms a separate Appendix.
There are 123 Dairies and Milkshops, and 60 Ice Cream
vendors in the Borough. These have been registered and
periodically inspected by the Sanitary Inspectors.
All places where fish and potatoes are cooked have been
-periodically inspected.
Sanitary Inspectors.
ALEXANDER GRANT (Chief).
G. R. METZLER.
W. THORPE.
M. RICHARDSON.
†This does not include unsound food condemned in the streets and destroyed,
for which no condemn note was given.
*The department is now connected with the telephone, and consequently the
work in connection with Infectious Diseases is done more expeditiously, and
considerable time is also saved by its use in other matters.