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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Statement of the Senior Sanitary Inspector for the Year 1951:
Dwelling Houses 26
Milk and Dairies 26
Ice Cream 26
Slaughterhouses 26
Food Premises 26
Unsound Food 27
Food Analyses 27
Factories 27
Bakehouses 27
Workplaces 28
Shops and Offices 28
Complaints 28
Smoke Abatement 28
Infectious Disease and Disinfection 28
Offensive Trades and Fish Frying 28
Rats and Mice 28
Notices 28
Sanitary Improvements:
Water Supply 29
Drains 29
Water Closets 29
Sinks 29
Yards 29
Dust Receptacles 29
Dampness 29
General Repairs 29
Prosecutions 30
Summary of work done during the year 30
Shops and Offices 30
Camping Sites 30
Swimming Bath 30
Eradication of Bed Bugs 31
Schools 31
Dairies 31
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 32
Slaughterhouses 32
Bakehouses 32
Factories 33
Housing 35
Inspection and Supervision of Food:
Milk 35
Meat 35
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 35
Chemical and Bacteriological Examinations 36
Outbreaks of Food Poisoning and Clean Food Campaign 37
Nutrition 37
Shell Fish (Molluscan) 37
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