London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Carshalton 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Rodents 259
Roofs, defective 17
Sewer obstructions 8
Shops 1
Sink waste pipes 4
Smoke nuisances 12
Unsound food 103
Verminous premises 11
Water supply 12
1,371
Fifteen thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine visits of inspection
and re-inspection were made for the purposes set out below:
Business premises 193
Cowsheds 25
Employment Agencies 4
Factories (Mechanical Power) (incl. Laundries 43) 209
Factories (Non-Mechanical Power) 86
Food and Drugs (incl. Food Byelaws) 686
Food poisoning enquiries 61
Food premises:
Bakehouses 53
Bakers and confectioners 80
Butchers 193
Canteens 36
Canteens—School 77
Chemists 47
Cinema 3
Confectioners (sweets only) 115
Fishmongers 140
General Stores 87
Greengrocers and fruiterers 159
Grocers 275
Licensed premises with catering facilities 31
Licensed premises without catering facilities 26
Ice cream vehicles 22
Milk shops 29
Restaurants and cafes 160
Stalls, food 159
Tea packer 1
Unsound Food:
Meat 54
Food other than meat 116
Vehicles, food 33
— 1,896
Hairdressers 70
House drains tested 81
Housing Act 622
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act 26
Housing enquiries 511
Housing Land Charges 976
Merchandise Marks Act 224
Offices 20
Outworkers premises 65
Pet Animals Act 31
Piggeries 70
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