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 Ilford]
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Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts,
1920 and 1933 44
Smoke Abatement 44
Swimming Baths and Pools 45
Premises and Occupations which can be controlled by
Bye-laws or Regulations 45
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933 45
Eradication of Bed Bugs 46
Bye-laws relating to Houses, Lodgings, Tents, etc. 45
Other sanitary conditions requiring notice 46
Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928 46
Schools 47
SECTION D.—HOUSING.
Overcrowding 48
Unhealthy Areas 48
Housing Statistics 48
Housing Act, 1935, Overcrowding Survey 50
SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF
FOOD.
Milk Supply 55
Dairies, Wholesale and Retail Purveyors, etc. 55
Licences—Graded Milk 56
Milk, and Ice-Cream Sampling 57
Tubercular Milk 57
Inspection of Dairy Herds 58
Legal Proceedings 58
Registration 58
Meat and Other Foods:—
Meat Marking Scheme 58
Slaughterhouses 58
Shell Fish 59
Articles of Food Surrendered 59
Unsound Food 59
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts (Adulteration, etc.) 59
Food Poisoning 60
Bakehouses. 60
Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts 60
Rats and Mice Destruction Act 61
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 61
SECTION F.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Infectious Disease Generally 62
Notifications in Institutions 62
Treated in Institutions 63
Table II.—Summary of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified 64
Deaths from Infectious Diseases 66
Incidence of Chief Infectious Diseases 66
Smallpox 66
Vaccination 66