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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Summary of Work of Food Inspector for 52 Weeks ended December 31st, 1937.
| Complaints received | 25 |
| Complaints found to be justificd | 10 |
| Inspections :— | |
| Street markets | 2,116 |
| Bakehouses | 236 |
| Fish curers' premises | 260 |
| Fried fish shops | 461 |
| Ice cream premises | 681 |
| Restaurants and eating houses | 582 |
| Slaughterhouses | 76 |
| Other food premises | 4,077 |
| Carcases inspected | 519 |
| Organs inspected | 1,151 |
| Carcases condemned | 2 |
| Organs condemned | 181 |
| Inspections not defined | 137 |
| Re-inspections | 545 |
| Food surrendered (parcels of varying weights) | 43 |
| Certificates granted for Foodstuffs for export | 26 |
| Number of food premises defects found and remedied | 172 |
| Number of intimations served | 125 |
| Number of Statutory Notices served 3 | – |
| Merchandise Marks Order Imported Goods | 33 |
| Shops Act, 1934 | 18 |
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
Notifiable Diseases.
The following diseases are compulsorily notifiable to the Medical
Officer of Health.
Acute Polio-encephalitis.
Membranous Croup.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Anthrax.
Plague.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Pneumonia- Acute Primary.
Cholera.
Pneumonia— Acute Influenzal.
Continued Fever.
Puerperal Fever.
Diphtheria.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Dysentery.
Relapsing Fever.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina.
Smallpox.
Erysipelas.
Food Poisoning.
Tuberculosis.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Glanders.
Typhus Fever.
Hydrophobia.
Malaria.