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Mitcham 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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24
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 473
Nuisances found 358
Verbal Notices given 154
Verbal Notices complied with 103
Informal Notices served 182
Informal Notices complied with 122
Statutory Notices served 45
Statutory Notices complied with 51
Revisits 1,523
Houses inspected for defects 460
Visits made for this purpose 470
Drains tested and inspected 155
Private houses found verminous 11
Visits to butchers 183
Visits to slaughterhouses 460
Visits to dairies 24
Visits to retail milk shops 43
Visits to restaurant kitchens 307
Visits to ice-cream premises 52
Visits to bakehouses 48
Visits to other food premises 1,240
Number of notices served under Food Hygiene Regulations,
1955 16
Number of notices complied with 16
Visits to factories 307
Visits to workplaces 26
Visits to outworkers 86
Visits to stables 55
Visits to piggeries 29
Visits re poliomyelitis survey 115