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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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| Infectious Diseaes and Disinfection. | ||||
| Number of visits re cases of infectious disease | 97 | |||
| Number of rooms disinfected | 71 | |||
| Lots of bedding and clothing disinfected | 101 | |||
| Number of library books disinfected | 257 | |||
| Number of offensive trade premises in district | Nil | |||
| Number of fish frying premises in district | 4 | |||
| Number of visits to fish frying premises | 17 | |||
| Number of defects discovered | — | |||
| Number of complaints or requests for advice received | 26 | |||
| Number of visits to premises | 377 | |||
| Number of infested premises dealt with | 31 | |||
| Number of applications for certificates | Nil | |||
| Number of informal notices served (including verbal intimations) | 370 | |||
| Number of statutory notices served:— | ||||
| Public Health Act, 1936, Section 93 (nuisances) | 5 | |||
| Public Health Act, 1936, Section 75 (dustbins) | 2 | |||
| Public Health Act, 1936, Section 45 (closets) | 1 | |||
| Public Health Act, 1936, Section 39 (drains) | 2 | |||
| Housing Act, 1936, Section 9 (housing defects) | ||||
| 11 | ||||
| Milk bottles filled and closed other than on registered premises, contrary to Article 31 (2) | Fined | £5 | 0 | 0 |
| of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926 | Costs | £2 | 2 | 0 |
| Precautions not taken for preventing milk from being contaminated by dirt, contrary to Article | Fined | £5 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926 | Costs | £2 | 2 | 0 |
| Label supplied with orange substitute falsely describing the article, contrary to Section 6 (1) | Fined | 0 | 0 | |
| of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938 | Costs | £5 | 5 | 0 |
| Advertisement falsely describing orange substitute, contrary to Section 6 (2) of the Food and Drugs | Fined | 0 | 0 | |
| Act, 1938 | Costs | £5 | 5 | 0 |
| Water supply reinstated | ||||
| Water pipes and fittings repaired or renewed | 29 | |||