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 1911
Annual report for 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Miscellaneous:—
| Dead bodies removed to public mortuary for sanitary reasons | 6 |
| Goods disinfected after infectious cases at station | 1765 |
| Goods destroyed after infectious cases | 22 |
| Mattresses, beds, &c., received from Surveyor's Department and destroyed by the Incinerator | 1129 |
| Number of samples taken for analysis (Food and Drugs Acts) | 400 |
| *Unsound Food. Number of boxes of fruit, fish, rabbits, &c., condemned and destroyed | 40 |
| Library books destroyed at Librarian's request | 18 |
| Animals destroyed in Incinerator | 1014 |
| Proceedings Taken:— | |
| Statutory notices issued | 140 |
| Intimations issued for sanitary works, &c., including infectious disease cases | 616 |
| Legal proceedings in respect of defective sanitary arrangements, nuisances, &c. | 6 |
| Legal proceedings in respect of food adulteration | 3 |
| Correspondence:— | |
| †Number of letters written in connection with sanitary matters | 588 |
| Daily returns of infectious cases sent to Metropolitan Asylum Board | 144 |
| Notification of infectious cases sent to School Authorities | 244 |
| Entries in Inspectors' Report Books | 518 |
| Entries in Inhabitants' Complaint Book | 31 |
| Certificates of disinfection given | 400 |
| Certificates of infectious diseases for removal cases | 115 |
| Notices sent to Public Library of premises where infectious disease has occurred | 104 |
| Certificates transferred under Tuberculosis in Hospitals' Regulations | 1563 |
| Postcards sent re Samples under Sale of Food and Drugs Act | 390 |
The cow-houses and slaughter-houses were inspected by the Medical
Officer of Health prior to licences being renewed in October last, and a
list of the retail bakehouses under inspection in Chelsea forms a separate
Appendix.
There are 114 Dairies and Milkshops, and 30 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.
J. H. BERRY.
F. TETTENBORN (Lady).
* 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 the Infectious Diseases is done more expeditiously, and considerable
time is also saved by its use in other matters.