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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 1955
[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 10 to 31)
| Visits | |
|---|---|
| Special inspections. Interviews and advisory visits | 1,437 |
| Relnspectlon visits | 3y 117 |
| Visits to works in progress | 551 |
| " Factorles/Workplaces | 467 |
| " Bakehouses | 30 |
| " Outworkers premises | 124 |
| " Butchers/Grocers/Greengrocers/Flshmongers etc. | 702 |
| " Dairies/Milk Purveyors | 61 |
| " Ice Cream Premises (Manufacture and sale of) | 216 |
| " Stables/Passages/Piggeries and Ditches | 43 |
| " Restaurant/Cafe Kitchens, Dining Rooms etc | 104 |
| " School/Indus trial Canteen Kitchens | 38 |
| " Premises in connection with rodent control | 6,338 |
| " Tents/Vans/Sheds | 10 |
| " Clnemas/Theatres/Halls | 19 |
| " Hairdressers and Barbers Premises | 69 |
| " School and Public Conveniences | 63 |
| " Verminous Premises | 9 |
| " Slops under the Shops Act | 491 |
| " Licenced Public Houses | 24 |
| " Hospitals - spraying of kitchens | 9 |
| Visits re Infectious Diseases | 133 |
| " Fbod Poisoning Enquiries | 9 |
| " " Ccmplaints (request inspections) | 134 |
| " Overcrowding and permitted numbers | 188 |
| " Food and Drugs Act sampling | 366 |
| " Sampling of milk and water (bacteriological) | 109 |
| " " " ice cream (bacteriological) | 310 |
| " Merchandise Marks Act | 356 |
| " Rag Flock Act | 8 |
| " Pet Animals Act | 4 |
| " Heating Appliances (Flregiard) Regulations | 15 |
| " Atmospheric Pollution Gauges/anoke observations | 68 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 1,641 |
| Total | 17,263 |
| Number of complaints received and Investigated | 534 |
| Premises at Which defects or nuisances were discovered | lt 173 |
| Dwelllng-houses surveyed for housing defects under the Public Health or Housing Acts | 196 |
| Number of defects or nuisances discovered | 1,801 |
| " " " remedied | 1,498 |
| " " "in hand | 127 |
| " " " outstanding | 176 |
| Number of Informal notices served | 770 |