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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
Shoreditch 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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51.
EXAMINATION OF MILK SUPPLIED TO L.C.C.SCHOOLS
AND DAY NURSERIES.
Samples of milk were taken from supplies delivered to local schools
and day nurseries and submitted .for chemical analysis, methylene blue and
phosphatase tests. All were found to conform to the required standards.
BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLING OF MILK
65 samples of pasteurised milk were submitted for phosphatase and
methylene blue tests. All samples conformed to the prescribed standard.
BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLING OF ICE CREAM.
12 samples were submitted to the methylene blue test with results as follows a
| Grade 1 | 8 |
| 3 | |
| ,, 4 | 1 |
CONDENSED MILK REGULATIONS
5 samples of condensed milk were submitted for analysis under these
regulations and all conformed with the prescribed standard.
HOUSING STATISTICS.
1. INSPECTION OF DWELLING-HOUSES DURING THE YEAR.
| (1) (a) | Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 8,320 |
| (b) | Number of Inspections made for the purpose | 16,872 |
| (2) (a) | Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under Section 3, Housing Act, 1957 | 470 |
| (b) | Number of inspections made for the purpose. | 522 |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for humen habitation | 36 | |
2. REMEDY OF DEFECTS DURING THE YEAR.WITHOUT SERVICE OF
NUISANCE NOTICES.
Number of premises where it was found necessary
to serve Intimation Notices under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936, to abate nuisances
or remedy defeats 1,125