Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1926
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7. Separate store cupboards for overalls and disinfectors'
clothing on each side.
8. A bath room for the employees.
9. A small incinerator for small quantities of unsound foods
seized by the Public Health Staff.
And in connection with other details, there should be—
10. A cleansing station.
11. A general stores for the Public Health Department—this
is a most urgent need.
12. A mortuary, a post-mortem room, a lavatory, and water
closet.
13. Storage accommodation for " shells " and coffins.
14. An inspection room for the reception of bodies, dead from
an infectious disease.
15. A small room for a Jewish " watcher."
16. A reception house or shelter with living accommodation,
for the resident caretaker and his family.
17. A Coroner's Court, with a waiting-room for witnesses and
separate lavatories and water closet accommodation for
each sex.
INCREASE OF RENT & MORTGAGE INTEREST (RESTRICTION)
ACT, 1920.
Three applications for certificates were received under Section 2
of this Act. The premises were inspected by the Medical Officer of
Health. One certificate was given.
FOOD INSPECTION.
Certification of Meat Food Products.—The Medical Officer
of Health, with the consent of the Council, was designated the
certifying officer by the Local Government Board for certification
of meat food products for export to Canada, to the United States
of America, to Australia, to the West Indies, and to the Philippine
Islands. 328 certificates were issued in 1926.