Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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95
The names of 5 persons, occupying 6 shops, who had discontinued
selling milk were removed, so that at the end of the year
there were 95 persons, occupying 112 shops, as follows :—
Dairies - 52
Bakers and Confectioners 25
Restaurants and Coffee Shops 12
General Shops 23
426 inspections were made of premises where milk is sold.
Table of sanitary works carried out at shops within the Borough
where milk is sold:—
Drains reconstructed and ventilated 5
Dustbins provided 2
Dustbins removed from improper positions 2
Flushing cisterns to water closets repaired or
renewed 10
Gully traps cleansed 8
Lumber and refuse removed from premises 6
Premises or parts of premises cleansed and
whitewashed 15
Dilapidated premises repaired (walls and ceilings) 2
Rainwater pipes and guttering repaired or
renewed 5
Sinks provided 7
Soil pipes reconstructed 5
Waste pipes to sinks repaired or renewed and
trapped 5
Water cisterns cleansed 3
Water closets cleansed 16
Water closets repaired or renewed 6
Water closets unstopped 2
Water supply disconnected from cistern and
connected direct to main pipe 2
Yard and wash-house paving repaired or renewed 14
Yards cleansed 1
Ice Cream Shops.
107 inspections have been made during the year of the 72 shops
n the Borough where ice cream is made or sold.