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
Coulsdon and Purley 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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| Places of entertainment | 2 |
| Licensed premises | 60 |
| Storage of refuse | 37 |
| Accumulation | 166 |
| Piggeries, fowls and other animals | 96 |
| Stables | 4 |
| Rodent control | 4,693 |
| Drainage inspected | 1,514 |
| Drainage tested | 357 |
| Pail closets | 1 |
| Cesspools | 81 |
| Urinals | 2 |
| Sewers and street gullies | 124 |
| Dairies and milkshops | 34 |
| Ice cream premises | 19 |
| Meat shops | 117 |
| Food preparing premises | 378 |
| Other food shops | 546 |
| Bakehouses - Power | 44 |
| -Other | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 12 |
| Food inspection - meat | 15 |
| Food inspection - other food | 67 |
| Factories - Power | 139 |
| - Other | 11 |
| Workplaces | 39 |
| Outworkers | 13 |
| Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act | 5 |
| Rag Flock etc. Act | 2 |
| Pet Animals Act | 2 |
| Shops Act | 755 |
| Mines and Quarries Act | 11 |
| Clean Air Act | 41 |
| Hairdressing Establishments | 25 |
| Infectious disease enquiries | 1,645 |
| Infectious disease contacts | 40 |
| Food poisoning enquiries | 84 |
| Disinfection | 53 |
| Disinfestation | 41 |
| Swimming baths | 71 |
| Sampling - Food and Drugs Act, 1955 | 146 |
| - Ice Cream | 112 |
| - Milk (Bacteriological) | 158 |
| - Water | 53 |
| Interviews | 2,706 |
| Number of incoming telephone enquiries and personal callers received at the office | 2,687 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 1,134 |
NOTICES SERVED
| Preliminary Notices | 633 |
| Statutory Notices | 54 |