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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA
Report of the Chief Public Health Inspector under
Article 27 of the Sanitary Officers (Outside London)
Regulations 1935/1951
(Pages 10 to 32 )
| Visits | |
|---|---|
| Special Inspections: Interviews and advisory visits | 1,626 |
| Reinspection visits | 2,733 |
| Visits to works In progress | 621 |
| " Factories/Workplaces | 403 |
| " Bakehouses | 17 |
| " Outworkers premises | 94 |
| " Butchers/Grocers/Greengrocers/Fishmongers etc. | 694 |
| " Dairies/Milk Purveyors | 38 |
| " Ice Cream Premises (Manufacture and sale of) | 264 |
| " Stables/Passages/Plggerles and Ditches | 51 |
| " Restaurant/Cafe Kitchens, Dining Rooms etc. | 115 |
| " School/Industrial canteen Kitchens | 44 |
| " Premises in connection with rodent control | 6,077 |
| " Tents/Vans/Sheds | 9 |
| " Cinemas/Theatres/Halls | 20 |
| " Hairdressers and Barbers Premises | 66 |
| " School and Public Conveniences | 64 |
| " Verminous Premises | 11 |
| " Shops under the Shops Act | 455 |
| " Licenced Public Houses | 14 |
| " Hospitals - spraying of kitchens | 9 |
| " re Infectious Diseases | 132 |
| " Food Poisoning Enquiries | 14 |
| " Food Complaints (request inspections) | 87 |
| " Overcrowding and permitted numbers | 116 |
| " Food & Drugs Act sampling | 303 |
| " Sampling of milk and water (bacteriological) | 105 |
| " Sampling of Ice cream (bacteriological) | 306 |
| " Merchandise Marks Acts | 275 |
| " Rag Flock Act | 6 |
| " Pet Animals Act | 18 |
| " Heating Appliances (Fireguard) Regulations | 12 |
| " Atmospheric Pollution Gauges/Smoke Observations | 85 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 1,326 |
| Total | 16,210 |
Number of complaints received and investigated 631
Premises at which defects or nuisances were discovered 1,892
Dwelling-houses surveyed for housing defects under the
Public Health or Housing Acts 128
Number of defects or nuisances discovered 2,590
" " " remedied 1,620
" " "in hand 644
" " „ outstanding 326
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