London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wimbledon 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Dairies and milk distributors | 20 |
| Ice-cream premises | 31 |
| Bakehouses | 25 |
| Butchers' shops | 37 |
| Meat preparation premises | 13 |
| Fish shops | 17 |
| Fried fish shops | 7 |
| Restaurant kitchens | 69 |
| Other food premises | 234 |
| Visits re unsound food | 159 |
| Sampling: food and drugs | 129 |
| Sampling: milk | 142 |
| Sampling: ice-cream | 74 |
| Sampling: water | 52 |
| Miscellaneous | 239 |
| Drainage and plumbing work | 748 |
| Stables and piggeries | 3 |
| Smoke observations and Clean Air Act, 1956 | 344 |
| Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 9 |
| Factories (P.) | 23 |
| Factories (N.P.) | 2 |
| Factories (Building sites) | 20 |
| Outworkers' premises | 1 |
| Shops Act, 1950 (Vent. temp, etc.) | 12 |
| Shops Act, 1950 (Shop hours) | 79 |
| Petroleum (Consol.) Act, 1928 | 153 |
| Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952 | 4 |
| Watercourses | 4 |
| Rodent control | 4,348 |
| Insect infestations | 181 |
| Refuse storage | 108 |
| Accumulations | 153 |
| Diseases of Animals Act | 4 |
| Employment Agencies, etc | 6 |
| Fairgrounds | 5 |
| Miscellaneous | 361 |
| 10,371 | |
| 344 | |
| Statutory Notices | 58 |
| Other letters | 1,770 |
Result of Service of Notices.
(1) Legal Proceedings
Legal proceedings were instituted against the owner of a dwelling
house for failing to comply with two Abatement Notices, and for failing
to supply information as to the nature of his interest in the premises
concerned.
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