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Bermondsey 1953

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1953

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SANITARY—Circumstances of the Borough
Housing 22
Housing Act, 1936 —Overcrowding 22
Eradication of Bed Bugs 23
Inspections and Proceedings 23
Drainage Work 25
Work of the District Inspectors 26
Factories and Workshops—Homework 27
Factories and Workshops—Inspections 28
Bakehouses 29
House, Trade and Market Refuse 29
Offensive Trades 29
Mortuary 29
Burial of the Dead 29
Catering Establishments 30
Work of Factories and Shops Inspector 30
Rodent Control 31
Street and Open Markets 32
FOOD CONTROL—
Imported Food Regulations—Samples taken 33
Food Premises and Types of Business 36
Unsound Food —Shops and Stalls 37
Pharmacy and Poisons 37
Milk Premises 37
Milk Licences38
Milk Sampling 38
Ice Cream 39
Food and Drugs—Samples Taken 40
Unsound Food—Wharves, etc 42
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 45
Clean Food Campaign 46
OLD PEOPLES WELFARE 47
Meal Service 48
PROPAGANDA 50