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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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(iii) Infestation.
The same arrangements exist for the treatment of cases of infestation,
and the same facilities for the disinfestation, or destruction
of clothing and bedding. This applies to cases of Scabies, and
infestation with Lice and Bugs.
(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 10.
| (a) Nature and number of Inspections during the year:— | |
| Bakehouses | 24 |
| Butchers' Shops and Stalls, etc. | 55 |
| Common Lodging Houses | 10 |
| Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops | 89 |
| Drainage | 536 |
| Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment | 7 |
| Factories (Mechanical Power) | 41 |
| Factories (Non-Mechanical) | 13 |
| Food Preparing Premises | 80 |
| Foodshops | 319 |
| Infectious Disease | 548 |
| Keeping of Animals | 54 |
| Markets | 36 |
| Meat Depots | 29 |
| Public Baths | 23 |
| Public Conveniences | 2 |
| Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act | 2,059 |
| Sale of Horseflesh | 37 |
| Shops Acts | 89 |
| Slaughterhouses | 520 |
| Stables | 2 |
| Streams and Ponds | 8 |
| Tents, Vans and Sheds .... | 144 |
| Verminous Premises .... | 54 |
| Water Supplies | 30 |
| (b) Informal Notices (Number served) | 1,005 |
| Statutory Notices (Number served) | 251 |
(c) As a result of the service of Notices, the necessary works
were completed by the owners or occupiers in all cases
except 203, the works for which were still in hand at the
end of the year.
(v) Factories Act, 1937.
A summary of the statistics, as required by the Ministry of
Health, is given below:—