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
Twickenham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Inspections re supervision of food:—
Unfit foodstuffs other than meat 332
Slaughterhouses 11
Butchers' shops (Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924) 293
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Section 13:—
Bakehouses 105
Fish shops, grocers and greengrocers 363
Factory canteens 11
Restaurant kitchens, etc. 206
Hotel and beerhouse bars and cellars:—
(a) Day inspections 63
(b) Night inspections —
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Section 14:—
Ice cream premises (Heat Treatment Regulations, 1947 and
1948) 340
Sausage manufacturers 3
Preserved meat preparation premises 4
Preserved fish preparation premises 18
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1926-1943:—
Milk sampling for bacteriological examination 20
Contraventions of Milk and Dairies Regulations 6
Cowsheds 8
Dairies at farms 6
Pasteurisation plants 2
Milkshops and dairies 29
Shops Act, 1934, Section 10 41
Middlesex County Council Act, 1944:—
Hawkers' vehicles 14
Hawkers' premises 7
Noise nuisances 48
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act, 1928, and Regulations, 1929-48 236
Total number of visits and inspections 17,950
Sanitary Improvements Effected.
Offensive accumulations removed 41
Nuisance from keeping of animals remedied 5
Chimney flues repaired 33
Chimney stacks repaired 25
Roofs repaired 576
Eavesgutters repaired 219
Downspouts repaired 88
Pointing renewed 185
Drains repaired 42
Drains unstopped 52
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