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 Southwark, Borough of]
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Rehousing.
Precautionary disinfestation of soft goods and bedding 147 families.
Trade goods disinfected and disinfested.
Steam disinfection 6 mattresses.
Second-hand clothing for export, 5 parcels.
Disinfestation Stored food (moth infestation).
„ (Larder beetle infestation).
Departmental Laundry.
In addition to the washing of towels, wraps etc., used during the treatment
of cases, the following articles were laundered :
Hand towels 6,038
Roller towels 331
Dusters 471
Swabs 117
Sheets 20
Condemned Foodstuffs.
Collected and destroyed 10 tons 5 cwts.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
OF THE AREA
[Separate statistics for certain of the following headings are
given in the Housing section).
Inspections upon receipt of complaint 3,777
Drainage inspections (and revisits) 2,385
Inspection of Factories 625
Inspection of Outworkers 224
Inspection of Common Lodging Houses 94
Rehousing cases : Inspections 1,068
Smoke Observations and inspections 163
Rodent Officers inspections of Industrial premises 95
„ ,, ,, ,, Dwellings 806
Inspection of Slaughterhouses —
Inspection of Offensive Trades Premises 51
Inspection and food sampling visits, shops and markets 1,217
Inspection and sampling visits, Catering and Ice Cream
Premises 1,970
Inspection of food at Wharves and Warehouses 2,314
Bakehouses—Inspections 98
Fried Fish Shops—Inspections 90
Fishmongers' premises—Inspections 93
Re-inspections 13,085
Miscellaneous 1,469
Pet Animals Act and Sunday Market Inspections 238