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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
Merton and Morden 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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Summary of Sanitary Inspections.
Housing—primary visits 457
Re-inspections—work in progress 1,549
Re Overcrowding 78
Miscellaneous, housing 164
Drainage Work 1,791
Factories and Workplaces 156
Stables and Piggeries 93
Rats and Mice destruction 1,494
Enquiries, infectious diseases 165
Visits to schools 11
Smoke abatement 29
Food shops, etc 1,142
Milk Supply 65
Rivers and Streams, pollutions 109
Complaints investigated 271
Miscellaneous 1,265
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
F. C. THOMAS,
Chief Sanitary Inspector
August, 1946.
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