London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 10
NATURE AND NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS
DURING THE YEAR
Accumulations and Refuse Deposits 184
Bakehouses 21
Butchers' Shops and Stalls, etc. 153
Canteens (School and Factories) 107
Cesspools 45
Clean Air Act General 164
Clean Air Act Smoke Control Areas 2,612
Clean Air Act Smoke Observations 24
Clean Air Act Atmospheric Pollution 1,040
Common Lodging Houses 14
Dairies and Milkshops 17
Drains, relaid and altered 432
Drainage—obstructed or defective 593
Drains, tested and inspected 548
Disinfections and Disinfestations 3
Diseases of Animals Act 12
Dustbins 18
Establishments for Massage and Special treatment 3
Factories Act (Mechanical Power) 66
Factories Act (Non mechanical) 1
Factories Act (Outworkers Premises) 8
Food Preparing Premises 222
Food Hawkers 40
Food Hygiene Observations 257
Food Inspections 476
Food Sampling—Formal 6
Food Sampling—Informal 140
Food Shops 330
Food Vehicles 22
Housing Acts—General 262
Housing—Rent Act 1957 73
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act 1952 12
Ice Cream Vendors 111
Ice Cream Samples 116
Infectious Diseases Including Food Poisoning 4,542
Insects and Pests 45
Keeping of Animals 64
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