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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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 |