Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899
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Summary of Work of Inspectors of Nuisances.
No. of complaints received and investigated 3,967
Dwelling Houses inspected (house-to-house) 9,298
Newly infected Houses inspected 2,329
Common Lodging-houses „ 89
Slaughter-houses „ 71
Bakehouses ,, 79
Dairies ,, 12
Cowsheds „ 27
Milkshops „ 44
Betail Shops ,, 627
Schools „ 15
Offensive Trades „ 98
Factories „ 46
Workshops „ 38
Laundries ,, 21
Miscellaneous „ 742
Re-inspections 49,914
On Offender 63
No. of Notices served I „ Owner 9,246
1 „ Occupier 127
By Offender 15
No. of Notices complied with i „ Owner 7,351
' „ Occupier 127
Total Nuisances found 36,750
„ „ abated 27,007
Unsound Food seized 2
Samples taken (Sale of Food and Drugs Act).
Milk 283
Butter, Lard, etc. 95
Coffee, Tea, Pepper, Mustard, etc. 68
Spirits 12
Drugs, etc 34
Summonses attended (Sale of Food and Drugs Acts) 41
„ „ (Public Health Acts) 131