Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Thirteen thousand three hundred and twenty-nine visits of inspection and re-inspection were made for the purposes set out below:
Cowsheds | 4 | |
Employment Agencies | 12 | |
Factories (Mechanical Power) (incl. Laundries 42) | 182 | |
Factories (Non-Mechanical Power) | 71 | |
Food and Drugs (incl. Food Bye-laws) | 717 | |
Food poisoning enquiries | 2 | |
Food premises: | ||
Bakehouses | 55 | |
Bakers and confectioners | 69 | |
Butchers | 126 | |
Canteens | 39 | |
Canteens—School | 74 | |
Chemists | 38 | |
Cinema | 2 | |
Confectioners (sweets only) | 102 | |
Fishmongers | 77 | |
General Stores | 75 | |
Greengrocers and fruiterers | 138 | |
Grocers | 249 | |
Licensed premises with catering facilities | 9 | |
Licensed premises without catering facilities | 23 | |
Ice Cream vehicles | 25 | |
Milk shops | 35 | |
Restaurants and cafes | 115 | |
Stalls, food | 125 | |
Tea packer | 1 | |
Unsound food: | ||
Meat | 25 | |
Food other than meat | 95 | |
Vehicles, food | 31 | 1,528 |
Hairdressers | 65 | |
House drains tested | 88 | |
Housing Act | 509 | |
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act | 32 | |
Housing Enquiries | 422 | |
Housing Land Charges | 890 | |
Infectious Disease Premises | 8 | |
Merchandise Marks Act | 154 | |
Offices | 17 | |
Outworkers' premises | 65 | |
Pet Animals Act | 35 | |
Piggeries | 63 | |
Premises re cesspools | 6 | |
Public Health Act (Houses) | 3,307 | |
Public Health Act re-inspections | 3,164 | |
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act | 23 | |
Rodents | 584 | |
Schools | 63 | |
Shops | 1,087 | |
Smoke observations | 162 | |
Tents, Vans, Sheds | 20 | |
Urinals | 39 | |
Water Sampling | 10 | |
13,329 |