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 Beckenham]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK
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The number and.results of the examinations made at the Public Hea1th Department Laboratory during. 1940 was:-
Disease suspected | Total 1940 | Results | Comparative Total- 1939 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | ||||
Diphtheria | 135 | 3 | 132 | 274 | |
Tuberculosis | 94 | 10 | 84 | 151 | |
Other Diseases | 20 | 3 | 17 | 21 | |
Total | 249 | 16 | 233 . | 456 |
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT, 1940 Summary of Inspections and Visits.
Summary of inspections and visits.
Overcrowding | 73 |
Housing | 280 |
Nuisances | 2,402 |
Cowsheds | 75 |
Milkshops | 294 |
Bakehouses | 197 |
Butchers' shops | 434 |
Other meat shops | 160 |
Slaughterhouses | 57 |
Places where food is prepared | 53 |
Shops where food is stored | 324 |
Factories | 363 |
Workplaces (offices, etc.) | 10 |
Outworkers | 6 |
Rats and Mice Act | 413 |
Stables | 158 |
Fried Fish shops | 69 |
Ice Cream vendors | 58 |
Verminous premises | 51 |
Drainage | 611 |
Infectious disease | 119 |
Samples taken under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 183 |
Samples of Milk taken for Bacteriological Examination | 15 |
Samples of Water | 47 |
Shops Acts | 337 |
Miscellaneous | 579 |
Interviews | 2,020 |
Civil Defence: A.R.P.Lectures & Demonstrations | 564 |
Bomb damage to premises & drains | 216 |
" " " Food Shops | 480 |
Billeting | 30 |
10,778 |