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 Wembley]
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Cinemas, Dance Halls, etc. — contraventions
remedied 3
Hairdressers—contraventions remedied 3
Tents, Vans and Sheds—nuisance abated 1
„ „ „ „ —Removed 1
Schools—sanitary conditions improved 3
„ —urinals and W.C's cleansed or repaired 1
Markets—contraventions remedied 4
Noise nuisances abated 15
Dust nuisances abated 3
Effluvia nuisances abated 5
Petroleum—contraventions remedied 9
(c) Eradication of bed bugs:—
(i) Number of Council houses:—
Found to be infested and subsequently dis-
infested 12
(ii) Number of other houses:—
Found to be infested and subsequently dis-
infested 8
(i) by hydrogen cyanide —
(ii) by liquid insecticides 8
Other vermin eradicated (not including rats and
mice) 38
Verminous articles destroyed 14
(d) Meat and other Food Premises:—
Meat shops, stalls, etc.—premises cleansed 44
„ „ „ „ —other contraventions
remedied 19
Dairies—cleansed and distempered or painted 7
„ —premises repaired 3
„ —other contraventions remedied 3
Bakehouses — cleansed and distempered or
painted 14
„ —sanitary conditions improved 7
„ —other contraventions remedied 4
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