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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
Romford 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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In connection with the disinfestation of sewers, the Borough
Surveyor informs me that poison baiting was completed during the
first quarter of the year, and, as a result, the Ministry of Food
estimate that approximately 1,787 rats were destroyed.
(iii) Infestation.
There is no fresh development to report in this section. Cases
of Lice infestation are relatively few in number, and the reduction
in cases of Scabies, previously mentioned, has been maintained.
When infestation is found, cleansing, disinfestation, and
destruction of clothing and bedding, when necessary, have been
arranged.
(iv) Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
The Senior Sanitary Inspector has given me the following report
as required by Article 27(18) of the Sanitary Officers (Outside
London) Regulations, 1935.
TABLE 9.
| (a) Nature and Number of Inspections during the year:— | |
|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 24 |
| Butchers' Shops and Stalls, etc. | 88 |
| Common Lodging Houses | 9 |
| Cowsheds, Dailies and Milk Shops | 24 |
| Drainage | 521 |
| Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment | 8 |
| Factories (Mechanical Power) | 13 |
| Factories (Non-Mechanical Power) | 9 |
| Food Preparing Premises | 52 |
| Food Shops | 341 |
| Foster Mothers | 29 |
| Infectious Disease | 300 |
| Keeping of Animals | 12 |
| Markets | 90 |
| Meat Depots | 149 |
| Public Baths | 20 |
| Public Conveniences | 23 |
| Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act | 4,436 |
| Scabies | 21 |
| Shops Acts | 11 |
| Slaughterhouses | 346 |
| Stables | 7 |
| Streams and Ponds | 4 |
| Tents, Vans and Sheds | 51 |
| Verminous Premises | 39 |
| Water Supplies | 25 |
| (b) Informal Notices (Number served) | 604 |
| Statutory Notices (Number served) | 25 |