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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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| Food inspection - meat | 18 |
| Food inspection - other food | 100 |
| Factories - Power | 134 |
| - Other | 16 |
| Workplaces | 44 |
| Outworkers | 16 |
| Pet Animals Act | 6 |
| Shops Act | 913 |
| Mines and Quarries Act | 2 |
| Clean Air Act | 53 |
| Hairdressing Establishments | 39 |
| Infectious disease enquiries | 479 |
| Infectious disease contacts | 230 |
| Food poisoning enquiries | 59 |
| Disinfection | 53 |
| Disinfestation | 20 |
| Swimming baths | 76 |
| Sampling - Food and Drugs Act, 1955 | 161 |
| - Ice Cream | 82 |
| - Milk (Bacteriological) | 138 |
| - Water | 79 |
| - Miscellaneous Food Samples | 11 |
| Interviews | 2,394 |
| Number of incoming telephone enquiries and personal callers received at the office | 2,243 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 998 |
| NOTICES SERVED | |
| Preliminary Notices | 597 |
| Statutory Notices | 101 |
| WORK CARRIED OUT AND DEFECTS REMEDIED | |
| Drains repaired or reconstructed | 78 |
| Blocked drains cleared | 204 |
| Disused drains sealed off | 9 |
| Soil and vent pipes repaired/renewed | 4 |
| Inspection chambers provided or repaired | 101 |
| Fresh air inlets repaired or renewed | 12 |
| Stoppers to interceptors renewed | 8 |
| New W.C. pans fixed | 16 |
| W.C. cisterns repaired or renewed | 8 |
| Cesspools abolished and filled in | 7 |
| Cesspools provided | 1 |
| Cesspools cleansed | 1 |
| Eaves gutters and rainwater pipes renewed/repaired | 27 |
| Lavatory basins renewed or provided | 5 |
| Baths renewed or provided | 3 |
| Sinks renewed or provided | 5 |