London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Mitcham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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| Visits to restaurant kitchens | 289 |
| Visits to ice-cream premises | 174 |
| Visits to bakehouses | 67 |
| Visits to other food premises | 562 |
| Number of notices served under Food and Drugs Act, 1938 | 81 |
| Number of notices complied with | 20 |
| Visits to factories | 283 |
| Visits to workplaces | 51 |
| Visits to outworkers | 140 |
| Visits to stables | 70 |
| Visits to piggeries | 114 |
| Visits to marine stores | — |
| Visits to caravan yards | 128 |
| Smoke observations | 89 |
| Visits re infectious disease cases | 198 |
| Visits re smallpox contacts | 8 |
| Visits re food poisoning | 23 |
| Visits re rats and mice | 186 |
| Visits re Shops Acts | 184 |
| Visits re schools | 27 |
| Sundry visits | 208 |
| Roofs repaired | 158 |
| Rainwater piping or gutters repaired or renewed | 144 |
| Yards paved or repaired | 3 |
| Dampness remedied | 168 |
| Water service pipes repaired | 16 |
| Waterclosets: Repairs to structure | 11 |
| Flushing apparatus repaired or renewed | 47 |
| New pans and traps fitted | 26 |
| Water storage cisterns cleansed, repaired or renewed | 14 |
| Water supply reinstated | 9 |
| Flooring of rooms repaired and sub-floor ventilation improved | 65 |
| Rooms cleansed and redecorated | 16 |
| Sinks and handbasins repaired or renewed | 5 |