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Carshalton 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Thirteen thousand four hundred and twenty-seven visits of inspection and re-inspection were made for the purposes set out below:—

Clean Air Act3,081
Consumer, Protection Act, 19612
Employment Agencies1
Factories (Mechanical Power) (incl. Laundries 19)206
Factories (Non-Mechanical Power)41
Factories (Building Sites)27
Food and Drugs (incl. Food Byelaws)982
Food Poisoning Enquiries2
Food premises:
Bakehouses30
Bakers and confectioners91
Butchers178
Canteens21
Canteens—School13
Chemists79
Confectioners (sweets only)156
Fishmongers77
General Stores78
Greengrocers and fruiterers178
Grocers306
Licensed premises with catering facilities54
Licensed premises without catering facilities37
Milk storage depots13
Ice Cream Vehicles11
Restaurants and cafes88
Stalls, food152
Tea packer3
Vehicles, food40
1,605
Hairdressers50
House drains tested56
Housing Act392
Housing Land Charges979
Infectious Disease Premises79
Insect Pests247
Licensing Act5
Merchandise Marks Act148
Offices27
Outworkers Premises123
Pet Animals Act13
Piggeries25
Premises re cesspools7
Public Health Act (Houses)2,424
Public Health Act re-inspections1,428
Rent Act14
Rodents305
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act2
Schools17
Shops1,073
Urinals43
Water Sampling23
13,427

Three hundred and sixty-one informal notices were served concerning
the following matters:—
Accumulations and deposits 13
Animals so kept
Clean Air Act
Consumer Protection Act, 1961 1
Drainage defects 47
Dustbins 9
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