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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Visits to restaurant kitchens 377
Visits to ice-cream premises 92
Visits to bakehouses 45
Visits to other food premises 916
Number of notices served under Food Hygiene Regulations,
1955 9
Number of notices complied with 9
Visits to factories 291
Visits to workplaces 71
Visits to outworkers 227
Visits to stables 76
Visits to piggeries 78
Visits to marine stores 1
Visits to caravan yards 62
Smoke observations 93
Visits re infectious disease cases 416
Visits re smallpox contacts —
Visits re food poisoning 16
Visits re rats and mice 150
Visits re Shops Acts 137
Visits re schools 25
Visits to Refuse Tipping Site, Mitcham Common 109
Sundry visits 222
Character of Work Done
Roofs repaired 127
Rainwater piping or gutters repaired or renewed 79
Yards paved or repaired 7
Dampness remedied 149
Water service pipes repaired 27
Waterclosets: Repairs to structure 14
Flushing apparatus repaired or renewed 45
New pans and traps fitted 23
Water storage cisterns cleansed, repaired or renewed 9
Water supply reinstated 21
Flooring of rooms repaired and sub-floor ventilation
improved 40
Rooms cleansed 14
Sinks and handbasins repaired or renewed 7