London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Mitcham 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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Visits to dairies 140
Visits to slaughterhouses 405
Visits to butchers' shops, fish shops 727
Visits to piggeries 147
Visits to bakehouses 97
Visits to marine stores 8
Visits to stables 57
Visits to schools 21
Visits to caravan yards 49
Smoke observations 71
Bug infested rooms sprayed or fumigated 330
Character of Work Done
Houses repaired and cleansed generally 541
Roofs repaired 447
Damp walls remedied 115
Eavesi guttering and spouting renewed or repaired 140
Water closets renewed, repaired or cleansed 95
Water closet flushing cisterns and flush pipes
renewed or repaired 76
Water cisterns cleansed or covered 13
Back yards paved or paving repaired 07
Floors repaired 109
Dustbins provided 388
Premises where animals improperly kept were
removed or improved 2
Offensive accumulations removed 54
Piggeries repaired, improved or cleansed 9
Houses or parts disinfected and cleansed 384
Smoke nuisances abated 3
Drains repaired, cleansed, trapped or ventilated 77
All ponds and ditches in the Borough where mosquito breeding
was possible were sprayed with paraffin twice early in the year
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928—Ninety-five licences to
store petroleum spirit and cellulose solutions were granted, totalling
136,268 gallons A licence was also issued for 5 cwt of carbide
of calcium to be stored