London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hendon 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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The principal matters dealt with were:—
Sanitary Accommodation:
Defective sanitary conveniences 12
Without proper water supply 1
Defects in drainage system 6
Choked drains 4
Compartment cleansed 12
Provision of washing facilities:
Provision of hot water supply 18
Refrigerators:
Interiors cleansed 3
General:
Insufficient accommodation for
refuse storage 2
Want of cleanliness 40
Other defects 76
MILK SUPPLY:
Number of registered dairymen and purveyors of
milk 11
Number of registered premises 32
Number of Cowkeepers 7
Number 'of farms where milk is bottled on the
premises 3
141 special visits have been made to secure cleanliness
of dairies and dairy farms and for protecting milk against
contamination.
There is one pasteurising establishment in the district and
during the past year 51 samples of bottled pasteurised milk
and 20 samples of bottled tuberculin tested (pasteurised) milk
taken immediately after machine capping were submitted for
bacteriological examination. All these samples complied with
the requirements of the Milk (Special Designations) Orders,
1936—1946,