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 Coulsdon]
This page requires JavaScript
SUMMARY OP VISITS MADE.
Number of houses visited 349
Number of reinspections and calls made 1,924
Verminous premises11
Insect pests 197
Water supply 15
Tents, vans and sheds 30
Schools 6
Places of entertainment 2
Licensed premises 32
Storage of refuse 43
Accumulation 130
Piggeries, fowls and other animals 90
Stables 51
Rodent control 4,249
Drainage inspected 2,831
Drainage tested 259
Pail closets 6
Cesspools 260
Urinals 6
Sewers and stree gullies 262
Cowsheds, dairies and milkshops 60
Ice-cream premises 24
Meat shops 91
Pood preparing premises 602
Other food shops 331
Bakehouses -Power 26
Other 1
Slaughterhouses 10
Pood Inspection-Meat 31
„ „ -Other Food 111
Factories-Power 241
-Other 19
Workplaces 38
Outworkers 56
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act 37
Rag flock and Other Pilling Materials Act 1
Pet Animals Act 8
Shops Act 882
Mines & Quarries Act 2
Hairdressing Establishments 7
Infectious disease enquiries 150
Infectious disease contacts 9
Pood poisoning enquiries 17
Disinfection 75
Disinfestation 27
Swimming Baths 70
Sampling-Pood and Drugs Act, 1955 216
" Ice Cream 137
" Milk (Bacteriological) 234
" Milk (Biological) 38
" Water
Interviews 2,495
Miscellaneuous Visits 927
TOTAL 17,727