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 Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Parish of Wandsworth.
(10).—Exposing for sale rabbits unfit for food; fined £10 and
4s. costs.
(11).—Gipsies on land, failing to provide sanitary convenience.
Owner of land fined 20s. and 2s.
These, 7 in number, were as usual inspected
and found to be in a satisfactory condition.
slaughter Houses,
Eight slaughter-houses and one knackers'
yard were inspected, and their condition found
to be satisfactory. One slaughter-house was deleted
from the register, as the owners did not apply for a
renewal of the licence.
Bake-houses
40 bake-houses have been duly inspected,
but no notices were necessary as all the
cleansing had been carried out satisfactorily.
unsound Food.
One bag of winkles, one box of haddock, 60
rabbits in two boxes, one box of rabbits, one
cask of grapes, and one case of fresh herring were
destroyed during the year, being unfit for food.
Factory and During the year 109 (20 factories and 89
workshops. workshops) were inspected. The following
notices were served and complied with—one offensive
watercloset, one defective paving and watercloset, one no
water to watercloset, five defective apparatus to waterclosets,
one earth closet, one dirty and defective
watercloset, four dilapidated dust bins, one defective
yard drain, one leaky roof, one dilapidated paving,
two dirty watercloset basins, and dirty condition of the
works, in all 20.
No notices were during the year received from the
Factory Inspector.
K