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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 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]

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Table: The number of bodies, on all of which autopsies were performed, admitted during the year was as follows?

The number of bodies, on all of which autopsies were performed, admitted during the year was as follows?

Ambulance removals76
From local Hospitals122
From homes within the Borough_221
425

Table: Summary of Complaints., Inspections and Work Done.Investigations were made with regard to 5,006 complaints as follows:

Summary of Complaints., Inspections and Work Done.

Investigations were made with regard to 5,006 complaints as follows:

Accumulations78
Animals so kept etc3
Burst pipes3
Caravan Sites13
Clean Air - Contraventions118
Dampness56
Drainage defects83
Drains obstructed1,287
Dustbins32
Food contaminated58
Food unsound115
General defective conditions171
Insects and Pests1,236
Litter Act Contraventions4
Miscellaneous24
Noise Abatement Act87
Obnoxious effluvia135
Overcrowding11
Refuse collection29
Rivers8
Rodents1,332
Roofs defective45
Sewer obstructions34
Shops Act - Contraventions7
Sink waste pipes8
Verminous premises17
Water supply12
5,006

Table: Nineteen thousand and thirty-three visits of inspection and re-inspection were made for the purposes set out below:

Nineteen thousand and thirty-three visits of inspection and re-inspection were made for the purposes set out below:

Animal Boarding Establishments1
Caravan Sites4
Clean Air Act679
Consumer Protection Act3
Diseases of Animals Act3
Employment Agencies13
Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment46
Factories (Mechanical Power)
(incl. laundries)432
Factories (non-Mechanical Power)40