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Dagenham 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Underground Sleeping Rooms.
There are no underground sleeping rooms in the district.
Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928.
There are no premises in the district in which rag flock is
manufactured, used or sold.
Mortuary and Disposal of the Dead.
See 1930 report.
Schools.
The sanitary accommodation and water supply of the schools,
most of which are modern buildings, are satisfactory. Schools
have again played very little part in the dissemination of infection.
Their slight influence is referred to under the various infectious
diseases. No school has been closed or disinfected during the
year on account of infectious disease.
Sanitary Inspection of the District.
Report of the Sanitary Inspectors.
(a) Nature and Number of Inspections of:—
Houses 5,097
Bakehouses
Slaughterhouses 692
Milkshops and Dairies 39
Cowsheds 31
Foodshops
Infectious diseases enquiries 2,503
Rooms disinfected 461
Food poisoning enquiries
Visits to foster mothers' premises 21
Smoke observations 46
No. of nuisances investigated 685
(b) Notices served. Complied with.
Statutory 62 41
Informal 721 600
On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901.
In this district there are 37 factories, 39 workshops and 45
workplaces.