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 1914
Annual report for 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Dead bodies removed to public mortuary for sanitary reasons | 8 |
| Goods disinfected after infectious cases at station | 1645 |
| Goods destroyed after infectious cases | 59 |
| Number of samples taken for analysis (Food and Drugs Act) | 400 |
| Special Cream samples (Milk and Cream Regulations) | 12 |
| *Unsound Food. Number of boxes of fruit, fish, rabbits, etc., condemned and destroyed | 4 |
| Library books destroyed at Librarian's request | 53 |
| Animals destroyed in Incinerator | — |
Proceedings taken :—
| Statutory notices issued | 147 |
| Intimations issued for sanitary works, etc., including infectious disease cases | 768 |
| Water supply to tenement houses | 108 |
| Legal proceedings in respect of defective sanitary arrangements, nuisances, etc. | 1 |
| Legal proceedings in respect of food adulteration | 1 |
Correspondence :—
| †Number of letters written in connection with sanitary matters | 750 |
| Daily returns of infectious cases sent to Metropolitan Asylums Board | 154 |
| Notification of infectious cases sent to School Authorities | 396 |
| Entries in Inspectors' Report Books | 469 |
| Entries in Inhabitants' Complaint Book | 32 |
| Certificates of disinfection given | 696 |
| Certificates of infectious diseases for removal cases | 193 |
| Notices sent to Public Library of premises where infectious disease has occurred | 77 |
| Postcards sent re Samples under Sale of Food and Drugs Act | 179 |
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 107 Dairies and Milkshops, and 30 Ice Cream vendors
in the Borough. These have been registered and periodically
inspected by the Sanitary Inspectors.
*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.