Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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DISINFECTION.
During the year 2,000 rooms were disinfected by formalin
spray, and textile articles such as bedding, clothing, &c., removed
from infected homes to the Council's Disinfecting Station for
treatment in the steam disinfector.
The following parcels of food were surrendered as unfit for human consumption and subsequently destroyed:—
6 bags greens | 2 boxes roker |
6 pecks strawberries | 1 trunk plaice |
24 rabbits | 1 box mackerel |
1 buttock beef (82 lbs.) | 1 trunk whiting |
3 tins condensed milk | 4 boxes kippers |
10 tins sardines | 1 trunk small haddocks |
1 box cole fish | 1 box large haddocks |
1 barrel and 2 parcels crabs (in all 197). |
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
The following is a Summary of the Legal Proceedings
instituted by order of your Council:—
Summonses issued | 12 |
Convictions obtained | 11 |
Fines imposed | £30 10s. |
Costs imposed | £10 12s. |
Details of the above are set out in Tables F, G, and I of the
Report of the Public Analyst, in Part IV. of this Report.