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 Merton]
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Housing.
Housing Act (Dwelling houses) 1,579
Overcrowding 73
P. No. measurements 31
Rent Act, 1957 49
Underground rooms 7
Houses in multiple occupation 353
Improvement grants 259
Caravans 22
— 2,373
Food and Food Premises.
Milk processing dairies 94
Milk vendors 127
Ice-cream premises 348
Food factories 8
Food vehicles 362
School kitchens 61
Restaurant kitchens 639
Licensed premises 157
Bakehouses 90
Butchers 258
Wet and fried fish shops 155
Other food shops 1,136
Meat inspection 390
Unsound food 647
Sampling: Food and Drugs 217
Sampling: Milk 196
Sampling: Ice-cream 122
Sampling: Water 231
Food hygiene swabs 116
— 5,354
Clean Air Act, 1956.
Smoke control areas 10,639
Other Clean Air Act visits 478
Smoke observations 352
Air pollution recording apparatus 1,516
—12,985
Factories Act, 1961.
Factories (powered) 233
Factories (non-powered) 17
Factories (building sites) 7
Outworkers 27
Workplaces 25
— 309
Infectious Diseases.
I.D. enquiries 272
I.D. contacts 22
Food poisoning 26
Specimens 33
Disinfection 24
— 377
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