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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
Heston and Isleworth 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Dairies and Milkshops:
Number of persons registered 47
Number of premises 37
Number of inspections made 204
Number of contraventions found 4
Number re-constructed, repaired or improved 2
Number cleansed 1
Number of other contraventions remedied 1
Offensive Trades:
Number of businesses established in district 16
Number of inspections made 141
Inspection of Food:
Number of me it inspections 556
Number of fish inspections 316
Number of provision inspections 503
Number of greengrocery and fruit inspections 552
Number of hawkers foodstuff inspections 269
Number of other food inspections 39
Unsound Food:
Number of carcases surrendered 1
Number of parcels surrendeted 6
Number of organs or parts surrendered during slaughtering
1
Infectious Diseases, Disinfection, etc.:
Number of visits made 554
Number of rooms disinfected (a) ordinary infectious
diseases 239
(b) Tuberculosis 68
Number of rooms stripped and cleansed after infectious
diseases—
(a) by owners or occupiers 10
(b) by local authority 9
Number of articles disinfected or destroyed 1416
Water Supply:
Number of supplies provided 3
Number of draw taps connected direct to main 63