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 Southgate]
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In addition, 6 lbs corned beef, 46 lbs (1 box)
ox tongues, 6 lbs (3 tins) gammon, 30 lbs (5 tins)
ham, 211 lbs chilled beef, 1 turkey (6 lbs) and
212 lbs fish were also surrendered and destroyed
as unsound.
SANITARY INSPECTIONS 1939.
Housing Inspections & Re-inspections. 3,183
Slaughterhouse Visits & Inspections. 608
Registered premises, including factories,
workshops, bakehouses, milk shops and
other food shops - Visits & Inspections. 1,511
Infectious Disease - Visits & Inspections. 1,851
Miscellaneous Visits & Inspections,
including various complaints, Rats &
Mice Destruction Act, ditches and
ponds, non-notifiable diseases, etc. 16,531
Visits re Verminous premises 193
23,877
SERVICE OF NOTICES.
Total informal sanitary notices served 1,823
Total informal dustbin notices served 422
Total informal notices served 2,245
Total informal notices complied with 1,658
Total statutory notices served 25
Total statutory notices complied with 25
SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS.- The follwoing is a summary
of the, sanitary improvements effected, and the
defects remedied:
Housing:
Premises cleansed; ceilings repaired,
distempered; walls repaired, redecorated.. 3,335
Dampness remedied; floors repaired; air
gratings fixed; floor ventilation,
lighting and ventilation improved 446
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