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 1952
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1952
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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION —
Housing 23
Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding 23
Eradication of Bed Bugs 24
Inspections and Proceedings 24
Drainage Work 26
Work of the District Inspectors 27
Factories and Workshops—Homework 28
Factories and Workshops —Inspections 29
Bake houses 30
House, Trade and Market Refuse... ... ... ... 30
Offensive Trades 30
Mortuary 30
Burial of the Dead 30
Catering Establishments 31
Work of Factories and Shops Inspector 31
Rodent Control 32
Street and Open Markets 33
FOOD CONTROL—
Imported Food Regulations—Samples taken 34
Unsound Food—Shops and Stalls 38
Pharmacy and Poisons 38
Milk Premises 38
Milk Licences 39
Milk Sampling 39
Ice Cream 40
Food and Drugs —Samples Taken 41
Unsound Food—Wharves, etc. 3
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 45