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 1950
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1950
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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION-
Housing 24
Housing Act, 1936 —Overcrowding 24
Eradication of Bed Bugs 25
Inspections and Proceedings 25
Work of the District Inspectors 28
Factories and Workshops—Homework 29
Factories and Workshops —Inspections 30
Bakehouses 31
House, Trade and Market Refuse 31
Offensive Trades 31
Mortuary 31
Burial of the Dead 31
Street and Open Markets 32
Drainage Work 33
Work of Factories and Shops Inspector 33
Swimming Bath Water 34
Catering Establishments 35
Rodent Control 35
FOOD CONTROL —
Imported Food Regulations—Samples taken 38
Unsound Food—Shops and Stalls 44
Pharmacy and Poisons 44
Milk Premises 44
Milk Licences 45
Milk Sampling 45
Ice Cream 46
Food and Drugs—Samples Taken 47
Unsound Food —Wharves,etc. 49
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 51