Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1935
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Nuisances abated arising from :— | |
Keeping animals in an improper manner or place | — |
Defective manure cages | — |
Accumulation of manure or refuse | 10 |
Overcrowding | 10 |
Rat nuisance | 90 |
Underground rooms. | — |
3 | |
2 stone of Beef. 17 stone of Fish. | |
17 lbs. Walnuts. | |
Rooms disinfected after Zymotic diseases (Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc.) | 267 |
Rooms disinfected after Tuberculous disease | 87 |
Rooms fumigated for verminous and filthy condition | 502 |
Miscellaneous disinfection | 151 |
Certificates of disinfection given | 237 |
School notices after disinfection | 225 |
Notices sent to Public Library of Premises where infectious diseases have occurred | 140 |
Proceedings taken. | |
Intimation Notices served | 465 |
Statutory Notices under Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 66 |
Statutory Notices under Section 17 of Housing Act, 1930 | — |
Statutory Notices under byelaws for provision of dustbins | 3 |
Total number of samples purchased for analysis under the Food and | |
Drugs (Adulteration) Act | 363 |
Samples of cream taken | 6 |
Samples of drugs taken | 9 |
Samples (informal) purchased | 37 |
Legal proceedings instituted in respect of defective sanitary conditions and nuisances | |
Legal proceedings under Milk and Dairies Amendment Act, 1922 | — |
Legal proceedings in respect of unsound food | — |
Certificates issued in accordance with " Rent Restrictions Act " | 1 |
Entries in Inhabitants' Complaint Book | 546 |
Cleansing and Disinfection. | |
Number of adults cleansed | 7 |
Number of children cleansed | 527 |
Number of rooms or premises cleansed or disinfected | 920 |
Number of persons treated for Scabies | 11 |
Number of articles (bedding, etc.) disinfected | 5,151 |
Number of articles (various) destroyed) | 480 |
Persons accommodated :— | |
Adults | — |
Children | — |
Mortuary. | |
Number of bodies received | 11 |
Number of infectious bodies received | — |
Number of bodies removed to Public Mortuary on Sanitary grounds | — |
Number of bodies detained in Mortuary Chapel | 7 |