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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

Hornchurch 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]

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Rivers, streams, ponds, etc.158
Miscellaneous visits116
Re-inspections802
Factories and Outworkers:
Number of visits paid587
Shops Act:
Number of inspections (10 notices were served during the year)990
Miscellaneous (visits paid):
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act25
Massage establishments14
Pet Animals Act49
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act6
Old Metal Dealers3
Smoke Control Areas260
Infectious Disease:
Number of visits paid (including contacts)526
Number of notices served:
Informal317
Statutory151
The main headings under which work was done may be noted as follows:
Housing2,689 visits
Inspection of Food and Food Premises3,311 „
General Sanitation2,739 „
Infectious Diseases526 „
Shops Act Inspections990 „
Factories and Outworkers587 „

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Public Health Inspectors' Work.
Both qualitatively and quantitively this was of a very satisfactory
order.