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 PUBLIC HEALTH
INSPECTOR
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit a summary of the visits and works carried out in
the Borough by myself and the District Public Health Inspectors: —
Complaints received 395
Nuisances found 289
Verbal Notices given 99
Verbal Notices complied with 69
Informal Notices served 204
Informal Notices complied with 144
Statutory Notices served 70
Statutory Notices complied with 62
Revisits 1,247
Houses inspected for defects 722
Visits made for this purpose 782
Drains tested and inspected 130
Private houses found verminous 3
Visits to butchers 175
Visits to slaughterhouses 755
Visits to dairies 16
Visits to retail milk shops 32
Visits to restaurant kitchens 249
Visits to ice-cream premises 40
Visits to bakehouses 44
Visits to other food premises 989
Number of notices served under Food Hygiene Regulations,
1955 4
Number of notices complied with 4
Visits to factories 211
Visits to workplaces 11
Visits to outworkers 69
Visits to stables 56
Visits to piggeries 30