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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 1957
[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 36 )
| Visits | |
|---|---|
| Special Inspections: Interviews and advisory visits | 1,439 |
| Reinspectlon visits | 3,481 |
| Visits to works in progress | 542 |
| " Factories/Workplaces | 524 |
| " Bakehouses | 39 |
| " Outworkers premises | 97 |
| " Butchers/Grocers/Greengrocers/Fishmongers etc. | 618 |
| " Dairies/Milk Purveyors | 28 |
| " Ice Cream Premises (Manufacture and sale of) | 129 |
| " Restaurant/Cafe Kitchens, Dining Rooms etc. | 139 |
| " School/Industrial Canteen Kitchens | 63 |
| " Stables/Passages/Piggeries and Ditches | 30 |
| " Premises in connection with rodent control | 5,765 |
| " Cinemas/Theatres/Halls | 11 |
| " Hairdressers and Barbers Premises | 74 |
| " School and Public Conveniences | 16 |
| " Verminous Premises | 12 |
| " Shops under the Shops Act | 255 |
| " Licenced Public Houses | 15 |
| " Hospitals - spraying of kitchens | 20 |
| Visits re Infectious Diseases | 82 |
| " Food Poisoning Enquiries | 2 |
| " Food Complaints (request inspections) | 87 |
| " Overcrowding and permitted numbers | 129 |
| " Food and Drugs sampling | 262 |
| " Sampling of milk and water (Bacteriological) | 125 |
| " Sampling of ice cream (Bacteriological) | 149 |
| " Merchandise Marks Acts | 263 |
| " Rag Flock Act | 4 |
| " Pet Animals Act | 10 |
| " Heating Appliances (Fireguard Regulations) | 5 |
| " Atmospheric Pollution Gauges/Smoke observations | 77 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 1,423 |
| Total | 15,915 |
| Number of complaints received and investigated | 437 |
| Premises at which defects or nuisances were discovered | 1,310 |
| Dwelling-houses surveyed for housing defects under the Public Health or Housing Acts | 51 |
| Number of defects or nuisances discovered | 1,991 |
| " " " remedied | 1,706 |
| " " " in hand | 109 |
| " " " outstanding | 176 |
| Number of Informal notices served | 798 |