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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Written notices sent 1
Verbal notices given 13
Inspection of Food:
Number of meat inspections 1058
Number of fish inspections 172
Number of provision inspections 296
Number of greengrocery and fruit inspections 258
Number of hawkers' foodstuff inspections 137
Number of other food inspections 129
Unsound Food:
Number of articles seized
Number of articles condemned by magistrate
Number of parcels seized
Number of parcels condemned by magistrate
Number of carcases and offal surrendered
Number of carcases surrendered (excluding offal)
Number of articles surrendered 14
Number of parcels surrendered 5
Number of organs or parts surrendered during
slaughtering 296
infectious Diseases, Disinfections, etc.:
Number of visits made 711
Number of rooms disinfected—
(а) Ordinary infectious diseases 297
(б) Tuberculosis 98
(c) Other diseases 11
Number of rooms stripped and cleansed after infectious
diseases—
(а) by owners or occupiers 9
(б) by local authority 3
Number of articles disinfected or destroyed 1894