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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
Camberwell 1939
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1939
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| Cattle, excluding Cows | Cows | Calves | Sheep and Lambs | Pigs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of the number inspected affected with tuberculosis ... ... | 11.42 | 40 | Nil | Nil | 7.89 |
BAKEHOUSES.
The number of bakehouses on the register at the end of the year
was 78 overground and 36 underground.
SUMMARY OF INSPECTION.
Street Markets Inspections ... ... ... 2,092
FOOD PLACES - Inspections :
Bakehouses ... ... ... ... ... ... 125
Fish Curer's Premises ... ... ... ... 202
Fried Fish Shops ... ... ... ... ... 280
Ice Cream Premises ... ... ... ... 359
Restaurants and Eating Houses ... ... 301
No. of complaints received 4119
Inspections under Shops Act, 1934 324
" " Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 51
" " Milkshops 497
Factories Act, 1937:-
No. of inspections of Factories 844
" " " " Outworker Premises 601
Intimations served 30
House to House Inspections, P.H. (London) Act, 1936 125
No. of Intimations, P.H. (London) Act, 1936 3868
" " Statutory Notices 1334
" " Notices (Sec 9) Housing Act, 1936 59
" " Re inspections (all enactments) 19836
Total number of visits 30772
TUBERCULOSIS
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
New eases during 1939. There was a total of 351 new cases including
248 primary notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis, 28 non-pulmonary
tuberculosis, 65 inward transfers, 5 posthumous notifications and 5
non-notified deaths obtained from the Registrar's returns.
MORTALITY during 1939. There were 165 deaths from all forms of tuberculosis
equal to a dea th rate of 0-79 per 1,000 of population (0.8 per
1,000 in 1938). Of these 145 were pulmonary cases and 20 non-pulmonary
cases.
SANITARY INSECTION