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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Five of the Council's Senior Health Inspectors have been appointed by the Ministry
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as Sampling Officers under the Fertilisers and Feeding
Stuffs Regulations, and samples are taken at intervals throughout the year.
During 1958, 20 formal samples of feeding stuffs and 1 formal sample of fertiliser
were submitted to the Public Analyst for examination. Four samples of feeding stuffs did
not conform to the manufacturer's declaration, but subsequent check samples were all satisfactory,
The one sample of fertiliser, purchased in shop, was also unsatisfactory, but a
check sample taken by a L.C.C. Sampling Officer from the manufacturer's premises was in
order. It has often been found that small shopkeepers sell old stock in which chemical
change has occurred since manufacture, and in such instances stocks are withdrawn*
Details of samples are given hereunder
| FEEDING STUFFS | No. of Samples Taken | Analysis Agreed | Analys is Disagreed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding Meat and Bone Meal | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Hextral Fattening Nuts | 1 | 1 | - |
| Horse Feeding Nuts | 1 | 1 | - |
| Pig Fattening Meal | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| High Milk Production Nuts | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sow and Weaner Nuts | 1 | 1 | - |
| Range Growers Mash | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sterilised Feeding Bone Flour | 2 | 2 | - |
| Meat Meal | 1 | 1 | - |
| Poultry Grain Balancer Mash | 1 | 1 | - |
| Growers Pellets | 1 | 1 | - |
| Broiler Starter Granules | 1 | 1 | |
| Grain Balancer Meal | 1 | 1 | - |
| Standing Broiler Finisher Pellets | 1 | 1 | - |
| Layers Mash | 1 | 1 | - |
| 20 | l6 | 4 | |
| FERTILISER | |||
| Taken | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | |
| National Growmore | 1 | - | 1 |
HOUSING
During the year a total of l41 houses were represented to the Council under the appropriate
sections of the Housing Act, which will lead to the ultimate demolition of the properties
concerned. The properties are contained in the summary below.
During the early part of the year severe restrictions of capital expenditure had the
Indirect effect of curtailing the Department's activities in the field of slum clearance, bat
fortunately it was possible to resume working to the normal programme later in the year and a
concerted effort enabled some of the lost ground to be recovered.
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