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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
City of London 1909
Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909
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At the present time there are 135 Workplaces other than the 861 Kitchens
of Restaurants, &c., registered, some of these are places where food is stored or
prepared, and there are many others needing inspection, such as grocers,
provision merchants, fishmongers, fruiterers, &c., &c. A large number of such
places exist in the City, and it is proposed to deal with many of them during
the coming year.
* Details of Workplace Inspections, &c., 1909.
| Initial inspections | 28 | |
| Periodical inspections | 576 | |
| Re-inspections (sanitary works) | 522 | |
| Total inspections | 1,126 | |
| Notices served— | ||
| Intimation | 234 | |
| Statutory | 67 | |
| Total Notices served | 301 | |
| Defects remedied. | ||
| Drains relaid or amended | 8 | |
| Kitchens— | ||
| Walls and ceilings cleansed | 128 | |
| Light and ventilation improved | 24 | |
| — | 152 | |
| Water-closets— | ||
| Separate accommodation provided for sexes | 25 | |
| Arrangements improved | 56 | |
| — | 81 | |
| Water supply improved | - | 6 |
| Refuse receptacles provided | - | 21 |
| General defects remedied | - | 227 |
| Total defects remedied during the year | 495 | |
* For details of Women Sanitary Inspectors' work, see page 82.