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 Woolwich]
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Factories and Workshops 49
Rats 50
Offensive Trades 50
Rag Flock 50
Mortuaries 51
Cemeteries 51
Exhumations 52
Removal of Infirm and Diseased Persons 52
Legal Proceedings 52
VI.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
General Reference 53
Milk Supply:—
Registration 53
Designated Milks 54
Condensed and Dried Milks 54
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1928 55
Merchandise Marks Act, 1926 56
Meat Inspection 56
Slaughterhouses 57
Inspection of Imported Meat 58
Other Food Premises 58
Unsound Food 58
Sophistication of Food 59
Adulterated Samples—Action Taken 61
Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food 62
Nutrition 62
Other Legal Proceedings 62
VII.—HOUSING.
Statistics 63
Action under Housing Acts 65
Housing Conditions 65
Sufficiency of Supply of Houses 66
Overcrowding 67
Fitness of Houses 67
New Housing Estate 67
Houses Let in Lodgings 68
Tents and Vans 68
Rent Restrictions Acts 68
New Houses—Water Certificates 69
VIII.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Notifications 70
Diphtheria 75
Scarlet Fever 76
Enteric Fever 78
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 78
Erysipelas, Malaria and Dysentery 78
Smallpox 78
Chicken.pox 79
Pneumonia 79
Cerebrospinal Meningitis 81