London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Ants 10
Beetles 1
Flies 10
Animals 15
Insects, various 39
Animal food storage
Dirty milk bottles, sour milk 8
Miscellaneous 16
1,799
Ten thousand, two hundred and eighty-nine visits of inspection
and re-inspection were made for the purposes set out below : —
Public Health Act (houses) 3,362
Public Health Act reinspections 2,965
Housing Act —
Housing Act reinspections —
Dairies 52
Cowsheds 23
Milk Shops 63
Factories 80
House drains tested 90
Suspected rat infested premises 1,066
Foodshops and business premises 876
Infectious disease premises 207
Infectious disease contacts 88
Urinals 91
Premises re cesspools
Schools 22
Offices 20
Bakehouses 17
Stables 36
Smoke observation 9
Outworkers' premises 27
Evacuees' premises 388
Piggeries
Wasp nests 19
Vermin (Scabies and Head Lice) 107
A.R.P. 85
Food and Drugs and other samples 368
Shop premises 199
Insects 6
Accumulations 2
10,289
Eight hundred and ten informal notices were served concerning
the following matters :—
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