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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
West Ham 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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FERTILISERS.
| Article | No. of Samples taken | Analysis agrees | Analysis disagrees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Slag | 2 | 2 | – |
| Canary Guano | 2 | 2 | – |
| Complete Fertiliser | 1 | 1 | – |
| Dried Blood Manure | 1 | 1 | – |
| Fertility | 3 | 3 | – |
| Garden Bone Meal | 1 | 1 | – |
| Hop Manure | 1 | – | 1 |
| Kainit | 1 | 1 | – |
| Muriate of Potash | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Nitrate of Soda | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Peruvian Guano | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Potato Manure | 2 | 2 | – |
| Raw Peruvian Guano | 1 | 1 | – |
| Steamed Bone Flour | 1 | 1 | – |
| Sulphate of Ammonia | 1 | 2 | – |
| Superphosphate | 1 | 1 | – |
| Tomato Fertiliser | 1 | 1 | – |
| T— Manure | 1 | — | 1 |
Factory and Workshops Act, 1901. Ministry of Health (Transfer of Powers) Order 1921.
Bakehouses. The number of bakehouses on the register is as follows :—
| Factories | 61 |
| Domestic Factories | 3 |
| Workshops | 8 |
| Domestic Workshops | 5 |
| Domestic Bakehouses | 8 |
| Cellar Bakehouses | 35 |
| 120 |
The number of cellar bakehouses certified by the Council
under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, was 43, but nine of
these have lapsed.
During the year the sanitary inspectors have made 252 visits
to bakehouses, and appropriate action has been taken in cases
where conditions have not been considered satisfactory.
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