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
Bermondsey 1949
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1949
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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION—
Housing 25
Housing Act, 1936 —Overcrowding 25
Eradication of Bed Bugs 26
Inspections and Proceedings 26
Work of the District Inspectors 29
Factories and Workshops —Homework 30
Factories and Workshops —Inspections 31
Bakehouses 32
House, Trade and Market Refuse 32
Offensive Trades 32
Mortuary 32
Burial of the Dead 32
National Assistance Act, 1948, Section 47 33
Street and Open Markets 34
Drainage Work 35
Work of Factories and Shops Inspector 35
Rodent Control 36
Legal Proceedings 37
FOOD CONTROL—
Imported Food Regulations —Samples taken 39
Unsound Food —Shops and Stalls 45
Pharmacy and Poisons 45
Milk Premises 45
Milk Licences 46
Milk Sampling 46
Ice Cream 47
Bread Samples 48
Food and Drugs —Samples Taken 50
Unsound Food —Wharves,etc. 51
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 53