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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Statement of the Senior Sanitary Inspector for the Year 1950:
Dwelling Houses 23
Milk and Dairies 23
Ice Cream 23
Slaughterhouses 23
Food Premises 23
Unsound Food 24
Food Analyses 24
Factories 24
Bakehouses 24
Workplaces 25
Shops and Offices 25
Complaints 25
Smoke Abatement 25
Infectious Disease and Disinfection 25
Offensive Trades and Fish Frying 25
Rats and Mice 25
Notices 25
Sanitary Improvements:
Water Supply 26
Drains 26
Water Closets 26
Sinks 26
Yards 26
Dust Receptacles 26
Dampness 26
General Repairs 26
Prosecutions 27
Summary of work done during the year 27
Shops and Offices 27
Camping Sites 27
Swimming Bath 27
Eradication of Bed Bugs 28
Schools 28
Dairies 28
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations 29
Slaughterhouses 29
Bakehouses 29
Factories 30
Housing 32
Inspection and Supervision of Food:
Milk 32
Meat 32
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 32
Chemical and Bacteriological Examinations 33
Outbreaks of Food Poisoning and Clean Food Campaign 34
Nutrition 34
Shell Fish (Molluscan) 34
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