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
Edmonton 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Number of Houses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Repairs Informal Action | ||
| (3) | Number of unfit or defective houses rendered fit during the period as a result of informal action by the local authority under the Public Health or Housing Acts | 487 |
| Action under Statutory Powers | ||
| (4) | ||
| (a) by owners | 316 | |
| (b) by local authority in default of owners | 4 | |
| (5) | ||
| Number of houses made fit after service of formal notices (Sections 9, 10 and 16):— (a) by owners | 103 | |
| (b) by local authority in default of owners | 9 | |
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
Twenty-two visits were paid and the carcases and organs of 25 pigs killed
were inspected during or shortly after slaughter. One pig's head was found to
be affected with tuberculosis. Seventeen carcases of which some part or organ
was condemned showed a percentage of the number inspected affected with
disease, other than tuberculosis, of 64.00.
The following organs were surrendered:—
13 sets of lungs, 4 plucks, 2 kidneys, 1 head.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.
Various licences were granted as under:—
Primary Supplementary
Pasteurised 44 18
Tuberculin tested 21 15
Sterilised 96 17
161 50
Suplementary licences are granted to retailers who live outside the
Borough but who sell milk in the Borough; the primary licence is granted by
the Authority in which the premises are situate.
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