London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of London 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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Smoking
Sixty-one warning letters were sent during the year and three prosecutions were taken for
smoking whilst handling food and all resulted in fines.
Hats and Clothing
The introduction of a new type of hat which gives better covering to the head is being tried
out, and it is to be hoped that this will eventually supersede the old type. 139 warning letters
were sent out in respect of carrying meat on shoulders whilst not wearing head covering, wearing
dirty overalls whilst handling meat, and not wearing overalls whilst carrying meat. Of this total
67 were to foreign cafe or restaurant proprietors.
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