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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
Chelsea 1934
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1934
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| Keeping animals in an improper manner or place | 2 |
| Defective manure cages | |
| Accumulation of manure or refuse | 6 |
| Overcrowding | 20 |
| Rat nuisance | 70 |
| Underground rooms | |
| 7 |
18 lbs. Ox Liver. 16 stone of Meat.
4 Mackerel. 7 stone of Fish.
2 boxes Tomatoes. 2 boxes of Oranges.
14 lbs. of Kippers.
| Rooms disinfected after Zymotic diseases (Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc.) | 432 |
| Rooms disinfected after Tuberculous disease | 84 |
| Rooms fumigated for verminous and filthy conditions | 412 |
| Miscellaneous disinfection | 109 |
| Certificates of disinfection given | 269 |
| School notices after disinfection | 282 |
| Notices sent to Public Library of Premises where infectious diseases have occurred | 150 |
| Intimation Notices served | 468 |
| Statutory Notices under Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 72 |
| Statutory Notices under Section 17 of Housing Act, 1930 | — |
| Statutory Notices under byelaws for provision of dustbins | 9 |
| Total number of samples purchased for analysis under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act | 371 |
| Samples of cream taken | 10 |
| Samples of drugs taken | 6 |
| Samples (informal) purchased | 29 |
| Legal proceedings instituted in respect of defective sanitary conditions and nuisances | 8 |
| Legal proceedings under Milk and Dairies Amendment Act, 1922 | — |
| Legal proceedings in respect of unsound food | 1 |
| Certificates issued in accordance with "Rent Restrictions Act" | — |
| Entries in Inhabitants' Complaint Book | 483 |
| Number of adults cleansed | 31 |
| Number of children cleansed | 640 |
| Number of rooms or premises cleansed or disinfected | 1,037 |
| Number of persons treated for Scabies | 10 |
| Number of articles (bedding, etc.) disinfected | 6,810 |
| Number of articles (various) destroyed | 406 |
| Persons accommodated:— | |
| Adults | 1 |
| Children | — |
| Number of bodies received | 24 |
| Number of infectious bodies received | 1 |
| Number of bodies removed to Public Mortuary on Sanitary grounds | 3 |
| Number of bodies detained in Mortuary Chapel | 20 |