London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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Restaurant kitchens 792
Licensed premises 193
Bakehouses 79
Butchers 182
Wet and fried fish shops 105
Other food shops 1,068
Meat inspection 22
Unsound food 459
Sampling: Food and drugs 147
Sampling: Milk 122
Sampling: Ice-cream 58
Sampling: Water 177
Food hygiene swabs 4
4,559
Clean Air Act, 1956.
Smoke Control areas 23,237
Other Clean Air Act visits 509
Smoke observations 462
Air pollution recording apparatus 466
24,674
Factories Act, 1961.
Factories (powered) 90
Factories (non-powered) 49
Factories (building sites) 20
Outworkers 236
Work places 7
402
Infectious Diseases.
I.D. enquiries 494
I.D. contacts 29
Food poisoning 76
Specimens 67
Disinfection 22
Long stay immigrants 194
882
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963.
O.S.R. general inspection offices 136
O.S.R. general inspection shops 186
O.S.R. general inspection wholesale/warehouses 22
O.S.R. general inspection catering 48
O.S.R. general inspection canteens 3
O.S.R. all other visits 1,005
1,400
Insects, Pests, Rodents.
Rats and mice control 13,789
Insect control 421
Pigeon control 193
Verminous premises 106
14,509
Animals.
Stables 12
12
67