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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
Islington 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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secure compliance with the Pood Hygiene Regulatiens and other relevant legislation at
all times. This duty is not an easy one but complaints regarding noise and other
nuisances can be investigated and often brought to a successful conclusion.
During the year approval was granted to certain Inspectors to attend training
which enabled them to obtain the Diplomas of the Royal Society of Health in Meat
Inspection and Smoke Inspection respectively.
Two Inspectors were permitted to attend a Radiological Course at Slough College.
The Council granted leave without pay to one Public Health Inspector to enable
him to attend a full-time course at London University from October 1963 until June
1964, for the purpose of taking the Diploma in Content and Method of Health Education.