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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Accumulation of refuse, etc | 172 |
Rats and mice | 1,224 |
Pigeons | 64 |
Insect pests | 613 |
Smoke nuisances | 132 |
Noise | 105 |
Smells and odours | 226 |
Unsound food | 185 |
Water supply | 146 |
Miscellaneous | 353 |
4,711 | |
P.H. Act (Nuisances) | ... 1,967 |
P.H. Act (Dwelling houses) | ... 2,559 |
Storage of refuse | 286 |
Drain testing | 170 |
Choked drains | ... 2,471 |
Other drainage work | 853 |
Radioactivity | 11 |
8,317 | |
Housing Act (Dwelling houses) | ... 1,531 |
Overcrowding | 72 |
Permitted No. measurements | 17 |
Rent Act, 1957 | 61 |
Underground rooms | 12 |
Houses in multiple occupation | 267 |
Improvement grants | 422 |
Caravans | 63 |
2,445 | |
Milk processing dairies | 125 |
Milk vendors | 198 |
Ice-cream premises | 406 |
Food factories | 28 |
Food vehicles | 609 |
School kitchens | 63 |
Restaurant kitchens | 712 |
Licensed premises | 170 |
Bakehouses | 40 |
Butchers | 319 |
Wet and fried fish shops | 117 |
Other food shops | 1,397 |
Meat inspection | 467 |
Unsound food | 485 |
Sampling: Food and Drugs | 282 |
Sampling: Milk | 237 |
Sampling: Ice-cream | 94 |
Sampling: Water | 202 |
Food hygiene swabs | 67 |
6,018 |