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Chelsea 1932

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1932

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iii.—Sanitary Circumstances and Administration.
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Complaints 45
Closet Accommodation 45
Removal and Disposal of Refuse 45
Sanitary Inspection of the Borough 45
Magisterial Proceedings 48
Smoke Abatement 48
Fouling of Footways by Dogs 49
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 49
pigeons, Nuisance caused by 49
Premises and Occupations Controlled by Byelaws or Regulations 52
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces 52
Public Mortuary 54
Rag Flock Acts 54
Otfensive Trades 54
IV.—Housing.
Housing Statistics 55
Housing Conditions in the Borough 57
(a.) General Observations 57
(b.) Sufficiency of Supply of Houses 57
(c.) Overcrowding 60
(.d.) Fitness of Houses 60
(e.) Unhealthy Areas 62
(/.) Byelaws relating to Houses and Houses Let in Lodgings 62
(g.) Housing Survey 62
V.—Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Milk Supply 63
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924 64
Slaughter-houses 64
Bakehouses 64
Ice-cream Vendors 64
Fried Fish Vendors 65
Other Premises where Food is Prepared or Offered for Sale 65
Unsound Food 65
Food Poisoning 65
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 65
The Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in Food) Regulations 66
Margarine 66
Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food 66
Nutrition, Dissemination of Knowledge as to 66
VI.—Infectious and Other Diseases.
(a.) Infectious Diseases Generally 67
Diseases Notifiable in the Borough 67
Notifications 67
Diphtheria 68
Scarlet Fever 69
Measles 70
Enteric Fever 70
Pneumonia, Malaria and Dysentery 70
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 71