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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
East Ham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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(d). Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of
Food.
The analysis of foodstuffs is carried out by Dr. Bernard Dyer,
Public Analyst, London, and bacteriological examinations by the
Counties Public Health Laboratories, London. Bacteriological
examinations were made of shrimps, winkles, cockles and watercress.
The watercress was reported to shew evidence of pollution
by sewage, and the attention of the authority of the district
wherein the watercress was grown was drawn to the adverse
report.
Unemployment and Outdoor Assistance
Extent of Unemployment during 1937.
The Manager, East Ham Employment Exchange, has
kindly supplied the following statistics: