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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Visits to retail milk shops 37
Visits to restaurant kitchens 324
Visits to ice-cream premises 61
Visits to bakehouses 37
Visits to other food premises 1,080
Number of notices served under Food Hygiene Regulations,
1955 11
Number of notices complied with 11
Visits to factories 311
Visits to workplaces 46
Visits to outworkers 86
Visits to stables 81
Visits to piggeries 65
Visits to caravan yards 131
Smoke observations 84
Visits re infectious disease cases 165
Visits re smallpox contacts 3
Visits re food poisoning 15
Visits re rats and mice 129
Visits re Shops Acts 38
Visits re schools 16
Visits re Rent Act, 1957 277
Visits to refuse tipping site, Mitcham Common 57
Visits re refuse chutes 84
Visits to sewage works 10
Sundry visits 204
Character of Work Done
Roofs repaired 94
Rainwater piping or gutters repaired or renewed 65
Yards paved or repaired 14
Dampness remedied 86
Water service pipes repaired 13
Waterclosets: Repairs to structure 7
Flushing apparatus repaired or renewed 20
New pans and traps fitted 23
Water storage cisterns cleansed, repaired or renewed 4
Water supply reinstated 6