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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Schools—sanitary conditions improved —
„ —urinals and W.C's cleansed or repaired 3
Markets—contraventions remedied 1
Noise nuisances abated 49
Dust nuisances abated 8
Effluvia nuisances abated 17
Wasps' nests destroyed 118
(c) Eradication of bed bugs:—
(i) Number of Council houses:—
Found to be infested and subsequently
infested —
(ii) Number of other houses:—
Found to be infested and subsequently
infested 3
(i) by hydrogen cyanide —
(ii) by liquid insecticides 3
Other vermin eradicated (not including rats and
mice or wasps) 27
Verminous articles destroyed —
(d) Meat and other Food Premises:—
Meat shops, stalls, etc.—premises cleansed 45
„ „ „ „ —other contraventions
remedied 41
Dairies—cleansed and distempered or painted —
„ —premises repaired —
„ —other contraventions remedied 4
Bakehouses — cleansed and distempered or
painted 6
„ —sanitary conditions improved 2
„ —other contraventions remedied 5
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