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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Statement of the Senior Sanitary Inspector for the Year 1952:
Dwelling Houses 24
Milk and Dairies 24
Ice Cream 24
Slaughterhouses 24
Food Premises 24
Unsound Food 25
Food Analyses 25
Factories 25
Bakehouses 26
Workplaces 26
Shops and Offices 26
Complaints 26
Smoke Abatement 26
Infectious Disease and Disinfection 26
Offensive Trades and Fish Frying 26
Rats and Mice 26
Notices 26
Sanitary Improvements:
Water Supply 27
Drains 27
Water Closets 27
Sinks 27
Yards 27
Dust Receptacles 27
Dampness 27
General Repairs 27
Prosecutions 28
Summary of work done during the year 28
Shops and Offices 28
Camping Sites 28
Swimming Bath 29
Eradication of Bed Bugs 29
Schools 29
Dairies 30
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 30
Slaughterhouses 30
Bakehouses 30
Factories 31
Housing 33
Inspection and Supervision of Food:
Milk 33
Meat 33
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 33
Chemical and Bacteriological Examinations 34
Outbreaks of Food Poisoning and Clean Food Campaign 35
Nutrition 35
Shell Fish (Molluscan) 35
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