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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Investigations were made with regard to 1,647 complaints as
follows:—
Accumulations 32
Animals 9
Ants 4
Beetles 3
Burst Pipes 5
Dampness 35
Drainage defects 59
Drains obstructed 278
Dustbins 189
Flies 3
Food, contaminated 10
General defective conditions 170
Insects, various 4
Milk, contaminated 8
Milk, dirty bottles 1
Milk, sour 2
Miscellaneous 53
Obnoxious effluvia 31
Overcrowding 71
Pig bins 9
Rats and mice 281
Refuse collection 27
Roofs, gutters, etc. 26
Sewers obstructed 8
Shops 2
Sink waste pipes 6
Smoke nuisance 6
Unsound food 155
Verminous premises 24
Wasps 132
Water supplies 4
1,647
Twelve thousand, one hundred and ten visits of inspection and
re-inspection were made for the purposes set out below :—
Animals, slaughter of 3
Bakehouses 28
Cowsheds 47
Dairies 43
Employment Agencies 3
Factories 549
Food and Drugs and other samples 699
Food poisoning enquiries 10
Food shops and business premises 2,177
House drains tested 39
Housing Act 159
Housing Enquiries 843
Infectious disease contacts 263
Infectious disease premises 148
Offices 16
Carried forward
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