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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Houses inspected for defects
658
| Visits made for this purpose | 755 |
| Drains tested and inspected | 153 |
| Private houses found verminous | 5 |
| Visits to butchers | 220 |
| Visits to slaughterhouses | 812 |
| Visits to dairies | 13 |
| Visits to retail milk shops | 47 |
| Visits to restaurant kitchens | 334 |
| Visits to ice-cream premises | 70 |
| Visits to bakehouses | 42 |
| Visits to other food premises | 1,215 |
| Number of notices served under Food Hygiene Regulations, 1955 | 17 |
| Number of notices complied with | 17 |
| Visits to factories | 276 |
| Visits to workplaces | 37 |
| Visits to outworkers | 98 |
| Visits to stables | 84 |
| Visits to piggeries | 69 |
| Visits to marine stores | 3 |
| Visits to caravan yards | 61 |
| Smoke observations | 80 |
| Visits re infectious disease cases | 203 |
| Visits re smallpox contacts | — |
| Visits re food poisoning | 7 |
| Visits re rats and mice | 243 |
| Visits re Shops Acts | 44 |
| Visits re schools | 22 |
| Visits re Rent Act, 1957 | 234 |
| Visits to refuse tipping site, Mitcham Common | 109 |
| Visits re refuse chutes | 84 |
| Visits to sewage works | 19 |
| Sundry visits | 252 |
| Roofs repaired | 81 |
| Rainwater piping or gutters repaired or renewed | 56 |