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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 1937
[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 Pubi.ic | |||||
| Health Acts:– | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 13 | 12 | - | - | |
| Want of ventilation | - | - | - | - | |
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | |
| Want of drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | |
| Other nuisances | 11 | 10 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| unsuitable or defective | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| 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 | 32 | 26 | _ | _ | |
* 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 OI- FOOD.
Mii,k.
During the year 62 samples of milk were submitted for bacteriological
and microscopical examinations, and of these 10 were submitted
also for biological examination.
Eleven of the samples proved bacteriologically or microscopically
unsatisfactory and the retailers concerned were duly informed by letter.
Repeat samples were taken and showed considerable improvement.
The following is a summary of the results of the 62 samples examined
bacteriologically, which show an improvement on last year's figures : -
TOTAL COUNT.
| Under 30,000 bacteria per c.c. | 36 |
| 30,000—200,000 | 23 |
| 200,000—400,000 | 0 |
| Over 400,000 | 3 |
| COLIFORM BACILLUS. | |
| Absent in 1 c.c. | 6 |
| ,, 0.1 c.c. | 28 |
| ,, 0.01 c.c. | 17 |
| ,, ,, 0.001 c.c. | 8 |
| ,, ,, 0.0001 c.c. | 3 |