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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
Sutton and Cheam 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA
Report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector under
Article 27 of the Sanitary Officers
(Outside London) Regulations 1935/1951
(Pages 11 to 31)
| Visits | |
|---|---|
| Special Inspections: Interviews and advisory visits | 1,267 |
| Reinspection visits | 2,595 |
| Visits to works in progress | 536 |
| " Factories and Workplaces | 488 |
| " Bakehouses | 32 |
| " Outworkers' premises | 140 |
| " Butchers, grocers and other food premises | 590 |
| " Dairies and Milk Distributors | 33 |
| " Ice Cream Premises (manufacture and sale of) | 175 |
| " Stables, passages, piggeries and ditches | 37 |
| " Restaurant, cafe kitchens, dining rooms | 105 |
| " School and industrial canteen kitchens | 52 |
| " Premises re. rodent control | 9,072 |
| " Tents, Vans and Sheds | 7 |
| " Cinemas, Theatres and Halls | 21 |
| " Premises re. Infectious diseases | 111 |
| ""re. Flood poisoning enquiries | 6 |
| " " re. Food complaints (Request inspections) | 200 |
| " " re. overcrowding and permitted numbers | 279 |
| " Hairdressers1 and Barbers' premises | 68 |
| " School and public conveniences | 46 |
| " Verminous premises | 10 |
| " Shops under the shops Act | 465 |
| " Licenced Public Houses | 21 |
| " Atmospheric pollution gauges, smoke observations | 99 |
| " Premises - Flood and Drugs Act Sampling | 171 |
| " " - Bacteriological Milk/Water Sampling | 109 |
| " " Bacteriological Ice Cream Sampling | 151 |
| " " re. Merchandise Marks Acts | 246 |
| " " re. Rag Flock Acts | 10 |
| " " re. Pet Animals Act | 11 |
| " " re. Heating Appliances (Fireguards Regulatlons) | 31 |
| Miscellaneous Visits | 1,964 |
| Total | 19,148 |
| Number of complaints received and investigated | 504 |
| Premises at which defects or nuisances were discovered | 1,320 |
| Dwelling-houses surveyed for housing defects under the Public Health or Housing Acts | 121 |
| Number of defects or nuisances discovered | 1,710 |
| " " " remedied | 1,386 |
| " "" in hand | 198 |
| " " " outstanding | 126 |
| Number of informal notices served | 722 |