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Mitcham 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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22
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY
INSPECTOR
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit a summary of the visits and works carried out
in the Borough by myself and the District Sanitary Inspectors:—
Complaints received 784
Nuisances found 666
Verbal Notices given 166
Verbal Notices complied with 71
Informal Notices served 474
Informal Notices complied with 258
Statutory Notices served 209
Statutory Notices complied with 206
Revisits 2,695
Houses inspected for defects 676
Visits made for this purpose 787
Drains tested and inspected 418
Private houses found verminous 38
Visits re Building Licence applications 9
Visits to butchers 188
Visits to slaughterhouses 80
Visits to dairies 26
Visits to restaurant kitchens 283
Visits to ice-cream premises 212
Visits to bakehouses 65
Visits to other food premises 547
Number of notices served under Food and Drugs Act,
1938 22
Number of notices complied with 18
Visits to factories 273
Visits to workplaces 23
Visits to outworkers 128
Visits to stables 53
Visits to piggeries 93
Visits to marine stores 1