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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
Coulsdon and Purley 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Nuisances under the Public | |||||
| Health Acts:—* | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 11 | 12 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 10 | 7 | — | — | |
| Sanitary | insufficient | 4 | 7 | — | — |
| accom | unsuitable or defective | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| modation | not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and | |||||
| Workshop Acts:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences | — | — | — | — | |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921.) | |||||
| Total | 29 | 30 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk.
During the year 66 samples of milk were submitted for examination,
and of these 24 samples were submitted to biological, in addition to
bacteriological and microscopical examination.
In March, the Council's Veterinary Officer requested that a sample
of milk should be taken from one named cow at a farm within the District.
The bacteriological examination failed to detect Tuberculosis, but the
biological examination showed that the cow was excreting Tubercle
bacilli.
Meanwhile the animal concerned had been condemned, within a
week of the sample being taken, by the County Veterinary Officer on
clinical evidence.
In August seven samples were taken from the same farm as the result
of the Council's Veterinary Officer's inspection, and Acid-fast bacilli—
probably B. tuberculosis—were reported as being present in four of
the samples.
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