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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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: Thirteen thousand three hundred and twenty-nine visits of inspection and re-inspection were made for the purposes set out below:

Thirteen thousand three hundred and twenty-nine visits of inspection and re-inspection were made for the purposes set out below:

Cowsheds4
Employment Agencies12
Factories (Mechanical Power) (incl. Laundries 42)182
Factories (Non-Mechanical Power)71
Food and Drugs (incl. Food Bye-laws)717
Food poisoning enquiries2
Food premises:
Bakehouses55
Bakers and confectioners69
Butchers126
Canteens39
Canteens—School74
Chemists38
Cinema2
Confectioners (sweets only)102
Fishmongers77
General Stores75
Greengrocers and fruiterers138
Grocers249
Licensed premises with catering facilities9
Licensed premises without catering facilities23
Ice Cream vehicles25
Milk shops35
Restaurants and cafes115
Stalls, food125
Tea packer1
Unsound food:
Meat25
Food other than meat95
Vehicles, food311,528
Hairdressers65
House drains tested88
Housing Act509
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act32
Housing Enquiries422
Housing Land Charges890
Infectious Disease Premises8
Merchandise Marks Act154
Offices17
Outworkers' premises65
Pet Animals Act35
Piggeries63
Premises re cesspools6
Public Health Act (Houses)3,307
Public Health Act re-inspections3,164
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act23
Rodents584
Schools63
Shops1,087
Smoke observations162
Tents, Vans, Sheds20
Urinals39
Water Sampling10
13,329