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 3
„ —urinals and W.C's cleansed or repaired 8
Markets—contraventions remedied —
Noise nuisances abated 41
Dust nuisances abated 4
Effluvia nuisances abated 17
Wasps' nests destroyed 122
(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 7
(i) by hydrogen cyanide —
(ii) by liquid insecticides 7
Verminous articles destroyed 17
(d) Meat and other Food Premises:—
Meat shops, stalls, etc.—premises cleansed 30
„ „ „ „ —other contraventions
remedied 23
Dairies—cleansed and distempered or painted —
„ —premises repaired —
„ —other contraventions remedied —
Bakehouses — cleansed and distempered or
painted 5
„ —sanitary conditions improved 2
„ —other contraventions remedied
42