Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |