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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
Beddington and Wallington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND D DISINFECTION.
| Number of visits re cases of infectious disease | 132 |
| Number of rooms disinfected | 129 |
| Lots of bedding and clothing disinfected | 100 |
| Number of library books disinfected | 407 |
| RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919. | |
| Number of complaints or requests for advice received | 39 |
| Number of visits to premises | 231 |
| INCREASE OF RENT (RESTRICTIONS) ACTS. | |
| Number of certificates issued | Nil |
| NOTICES. | |
| Number of informal notices served (including verbal intimations) | 606 |
| Number of statutory notices served (Public Health Acts) | 17 |
| SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS. | |
| Water Supply. | |
| Water supply reinstated | 3 |
| Water pipes and fittings repaired or renewed | 20 |
| Water cisterns cleansed | 4 |
| Private wells—chlorination plants provided | 3 |
| Drains. | |
| Drains re-laid or repaired | 67 |
| Drains unstopped and cleansed | 61 |
| Intercepting traps renewed | 16 |
| Intercepting traps provided with rodeye stoppers | 15 |
| Manholes provided or repaired | 20 |
| Manholes cleansed | 5 |
| Ventilation pipes repaired or renewed | 17 |
| Ventilation pipes provided | 30 |
| Soil pipes repaired or renewed | 4 |
| Gullies renewed or cleansed | 33 |
| Gully kerbs and channels repaired | 22 |
| New soakaways constructed | 21 |
| Rainwater pipes disconnected from drain | 11 |