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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
Kingston upon Thames 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| Movable Ashbins provided | 610 |
| Nuisance from overcrowding abated | 11 |
| Nuisance from animals abated | 23 |
| Accumulation of Manure or Refuse removed | 40 |
| Water Supplied to Houses | 10 |
| Water Supply direct from Main | 5 |
| Well Water Supply discontinued | 1 |
| Premises Limewashed (Workshops, etc.) | 10 |
| Firegrates repaired or renewed | 53 |
| Pumps for Water Supply repaired or renewed | 1 |
| Stables and Pigstyes abolished | 5 |
| Milk Stores provided | 1 |
| Sheds removed | 5 |
| Defective Coppers repaired | 19 |
| Brickwork of Walls repaired | 26 |
| Handrails provided to Staircases | 20 |
| Manure or Offal Receptacles provided or repaired | 22 |
| Insanitary Living Accommodation discontinued | 2 |
| Milk Premises cleansed, repaired, etc. | 5 |
| Food Preparing Premises repaired or cleansed | 2 |
| Nuisance from Fish Frying abated | 1 |
| Nuisance from Smoke abated | 3 |
| Offensive Trade discontinued | 2 |
| Miscellaneous | 35 |
Meat and Food Inspection.
The work of Meat and Foods Inspection again received
considerable attention, and every care was taken to ensure
that no diseased, unsound or unwholesome foodstuffs were
deposited or exposed for sale.
During the year 640 visits were paid to premises where
food is prepared or exposed for sale. Included in this
number are 111 visits to slaughter-houses. As far as
possible, the time of visiting slaughter-houses was arranged
to coincide with the time of slaughtering.
It is not possible at the present time to require butchers
to give notice of slaughter to the Local Authority. As a
result it is frequently found that organs have been removed
from the slaughter-house before the carcase has been inspected.
The absence of the organs materially affects the
value of inspection of the carcase and, in addition, there
is always the possibility that the missing organs themselves
may be diseased. It is a matter for regret that the butchers