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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THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY
INSPECTOR
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gendemen,
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 696
Nuisances found 556
Verbal Notices given 132
Verbal Notices complied with 77
Informal Notices served 464
Informal Notices complied with 241
Statutory Notices served 178
Statutory Notices complied with 139
Revisits 2,198
Houses inspected for defects 795
Visits made for this purpose 885
Drains tested and inspected 247
Private houses found verminous 20
Visits to butchers 186
Visits to slaughterhouses 444
Visits to dairies 10
Visits to retail milk shops 34
Visits to restaurant kitchens 292
Visits to ice-cream premises 63
Visits to bakehouses 69
Visits to other food premises 482
Number of notices served under Food and Drugs Act, 1938 24
Number of notices complied with 24
Visits to factories 210
Visits to workplaces 80
Visits to outworkers 33
Visits to stables 69
Visits to piggeries 86
Visits to marine stores
Visits to caravan yards 88