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Chelsea 1935

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1935

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III.—Sanitary Circumstances and Administration.
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Complaints 42
Closet Accommodation 42
Removal and Disposal of Refuse 42
Sanitary Inspection of the Borough 42
Magisterial Proceedings 45
Smoke Abatement 45
Fouling of Footways by Dogs 45
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 45
Pigeons, N uisance caused by 45
Premises and Occupations Controlled by Bye-laws or Regulations 47
Factories. Workshops and Workplaces 47
Public Mortuary 49
Rag Flock Acts 49
Offensive Trades 49
IV.—Housing.
Housing Statistics 50
Housing Conditions in the Borough 51
(o) General Observations 51
(b) Sufficiency of Supply of Houses 52
(c) Overcrowding 54
(d) Fitness of Houses 54
(c) Unhealthy Areas 50
(/) Byelaws relating to Houses and Houses Let in Lodgings 50
(g) Housing Inspections 56
V.—Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Milk Supply 58
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924 59
Slaughter-houses 59
Bakehouses 59
Ice-cream Vendors 59
Fried Fish Vendors 59
Other Premises where Food is Prepared or Offered for Sale 59
Unsound Food 59
Food Poisoning 60
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 00
The Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in Food) Regulations 00
Margarine 60
Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food 60
Nutrition, Dissemination of Knowledge as to 61
VI.—Infectious and Other Diseases.
(a) Infectious Diseases Generally 62
Diseases Notifiable in the Borough 62
Notifications 62
Diphtheria 64
Scarlet Fever 65
Measles 65
Enteric Fever 60
Pneumonia, Malaria and Dysentery 60
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 67