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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Offices 56
Bakehouses 23
Stables 14
Smoke observations 11
Outworkers' premises 51
Employment Agencies 9
Piggeries 15
Food Poisoning Enquiries 2
Food and Drugs and other samples 802
Shop premises 392
Animals, slaughter of 4
Housing Enquiries 946
Water Sampling 15
11,286
Nine hundred and fifty-three informal notices were served concerning
the following matters:—
General defective conditions 440
Rats and mice 1
Accumulations and deposits 20
Obstructed drains 29
Drainage defects 199
Verminous premises 10
Dustbins 69
Water supply 15
Animals 5
Factory Acts 9
Food contamination 1
Unsatisfactory food premises 18
Miscellaneous 3
Burst pipes
Overcrowding 113
Shops Acts 13
Smoke nuisance 3
Pollution of Rivers 3
953
One hundred and eleven formal notices were served by authority
of the Council under the following acts:—
Section 24 Public Health Act, 1936 4
Section 39 „ „ 10
Section 56 „ „ 1
Section 75 „ „ 15
Section 93 „ „ 79
Section 13 Food and Drugs Act, 1938 1
Section 7 Factories Act, 1937 1
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