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Bermondsey 1955

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955

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Drainage Work 24
Hairdressers and Barbers 24
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 24
Work of the District Inspectors 25
Factories and Workshops —Homework 26
Factories and Workshops—Inspections 27
Defects Fund 27
Bakehouses 28
House, Trade and Market Refuse 28
Offensive Trades 28
Pet Animals Act, 1951 28
Catering Establishments 29
Work of Factories and Shops Inspector 29
Rodent Control 30
FOOD CONTROL—
Imported Food Regulations—Samples taken 31
Unsound Onions 34
Section 14, Food and Drugs Act and Dairies 34
Disposal of Unsound Food 34
Food Premises and Types of Business 34
Unsound Food —Shops and Stalls 35
Pharmacy and Poisons 35
Milk Premises 35
Milk Licences 36
Milk Sampling 36
Ice Cream 37
Food and Drugs —Samples Taken 38
Chinese Egg Albumen 39
Chinese Albumen 39
Hygiene 40
Imported Chinese Egg Albumen 40
Unsound Food —Wharves, etc 41
Legal Proceedings 43
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 44
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES—
Old People's Welfare 45
Clubs 45
Outings to Women's Institutes 45
Holidays 45
Meals Service 45
Outings 46
Workrooms for the Elderly 46
Investigations of Atmospheric Pollution 46
Free Washing Facilities 48
Street and Open Markets 48
National Assistance Act, Section 50 50
National Assistance Act, Section 47 51
Public Health Act, Section 122 51