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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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Food Hygiene Regulations—Contraventions3
General defective conditions92
Insects and Pests68
Milk, contaminated and dirty bottles2
Miscellaneous53
Obnoxious effluvia19
Overcrowding9
Refuse collections20
Rodents248
Roofs, defective27
Sewer obstructions5
Shops1
Sink waste pipes4
Smoke nuisances29
Unsound food58
Verminous premises7
Water supply15
1,324

Table: Twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty-one visits of inspection and re-inspection were made for the purposes set out below:—

Twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty-one visits of inspection and re-inspection were made for the purposes set out below:—

Cowsheds7
Employment Agencies11
Factories (Mechanical Power) (incl. Laundries 60)295
Factories (Non-Mechanical Power)80
Factories (Building Sites)8
Food and Drugs (incl. Food Bye-laws)1,057
Food poisoning enquiries9
Food premises:
Bakehouses69
Bakers and confectioners79
Butchers170
Canteens32
Canteens—School56
Chemists42
Cinema2
Confectioners (sweets only)141
Fishmongers93
General Stores68
Greengrocers and fruiterers160
Grocers300
Licensed premises with catering facilities15
Licensed premises without catering facilities31
Ice Cream vehicles16
Restaurants and cafes122
Stalls, food144
Tea packer1
Vehicles, food281,569
Hairdressers63
House drains tested79
Housing Act252
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act31
Housing Enquiries264
Housing Land Charges710
Infectious Disease Premises51
Insect Pests3
Merchandise Marks Act210
Offices28
Outworkers premises87
Pet Animals Act33
Piggeries62