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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
Carshalton 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Ten thousand six hundred and fourteen investigations were made
for the following purposes:—
Inspections 4062
Re-inspections 2530
Housing (H.A.) 340
Housing" (P.H.A.) 924
Slaughterhouses 59
Dairies 29
Cowsheds 35
Milkshops 78
Factories 129
Outworkers 41
Bakehouse Factories 17
Bakehouse Workshops —
Offices 12
Laundry Workshops —
Laundry Factories 4
Houses, Drains Tested 15
Foodshops and Business Premises 587
Infectious Disease, Premises 305
Infectious Disease, Contacts 57
Urinals 65
Smoke Observations 11
Rat Infested Premises 244
Schools 12
Premises re Cesspools 88
Stables 18
A.R.P. 950
Food Enquiries 2
10614
Seven hundred and sixty informal notices were served for the
following purposes:—
General Defective Conditions 370
Rats and Mice 115
Accumulations and Deposits 67
Obstructed Drains 47
Drainage Defects 19
Verminous Premises 18
Dust-bins 27
Paving 3
Food Storage 4
Smoke Nuisance 2
Burning Refuse 3
Cesspools 10
Water Supply 6
Gypsies 1
Animals 1
Rent Books 22
Houses—Let-in-Lodgings 1
Factory Acts 18
Food Contamination 9
Unsatisfactory Food Premises 7
Miscellaneous 10
760
(Notices of intention to inspect were served with respect to 338
houses.)
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