Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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
regulation 25 (20) of the Public Health Officers Regulations, 1959
(Pages 13 to 41)
RECORD OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND NOTICES SERVED
Visits
Special Inspections: Interviews and advisory visits 1,225
Helnspectlon visits 2,051
Visits to works in progress 402
" Factories/Workplaces 536
" Bakehouses 18
" Outworkers premises 112
" ButchersVGrocers/Greengrocers/Flshmongers etc. 1,010
" Dairies/Milk Purveyors 32
" Ice Cream Premises (Manufacture and sale of) 118
" Restaurant/Cafe Kitchens, Dining Rooms etc. 107
" School/Industrial Canteen Kitchens 48
" Stables/Passages/Piggeries and Ditches 83
" Premises in connection with rodent control 5,701
" Cinemas/Theatres/Halls 16
" Hairdressers and Barbers Premises 81
" School and Public Conveniences 75
" Verminous Premises 43
" Shops under the Shops Act 436
" Licenced Public Houses 37
" Hospitals/Schools - spraying of kitchens 23
" Other premises - spraying for insect pests 63
Visits re Infectious Diseases 449
" Food Poisoning Enquiries 31
" Overcrowding and permitted numbers 241
" Food and Drugs sampling 244
" Sampling of milk and water (Bacteriological) 114
" Sampling of ice cream (Bacteriological) 166
" Merchandise Marks Acts 177
" Rag Flock Act
" Pet Animals Act 12
" Heating Appliances (Fireguard Regulations) 19
" Atmospheric Pollution Gauo,es/Smoke observations 339
Miscellaneous visits 1,457
Total 15,469
Number of complaints received and Investigated 466
Premises at which defects or nuisances were discovered 1,142
Number of defects or nuisances discovered 1,645
" " " remedied l,351
" " " in hand 64
" " " outstanding 230
Number of Informal notices served 261
Statutory Notices were served as under:-
Housing Act 1957 Sections 9 and 10 2
Public Health Act 1936, Section 24 15
" " " 39 1
" " " 75 2
Sutton and Cheam Corporation Act, 1951, Section 42
Total 21
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