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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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VISITS CARRIED OUT AND INTERVIEWS
Number of houses visited in respect of improvement and
repair 773
Number of reinspections made to above houses in respect
of improvement and repair 2,705
Verminous premises 18
Insect pests 65
Water supply 18
Tents, vans and sheds 23
Schools 4
Places of entertainment 4
Licensed premises 79
Storage of refuse 13
Accumulation 114
Piggeries, fowls and other animals 153
Stables 3
Rodent control 3,942
Drainage inspected 1,674
Drainage tested 237
Merchandise Marks Act 20
Passage pavings 1
Betting, Gaming and Lottery 7
Animal boarding establishments 8
Radioactivity 3
Houses in Multiple Occupation 417
Home safety 7
Trade effluent 1
Cesspools 39
Urinals 3
Sewers and street gullies 96
Dairies and milkshops 22
Ice cream premises 7
Meat shops 137
Food preparing premises 609
Other food shops 644
Bakehouses - Power 45
Food inspection - meat 28
Food inspection - other food 77
Factories - Power 105
- Other 16
Workplaces 36
Outworkers 17
Pet Animals Act 7
Shops Act 856
Mines and Quarries Act 5
Clean Air Act 570
Hairdressing Establishments 53
Infectious disease enquiries 273
Infectious disease contacts 206
Food poisoning enquiries 21
Disinfection 29
Disinfestation 189
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