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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Report of the Chief Public Health Inspector for the Year 1959:
Housing 24
Milk and Dairies 24
Ice Cream 25
Slaughterhouses 26
Food Premises 26
Food and Drugs Act, 1955 27
Food Hygiene Regulations 1955 27
Unsound Food 27
Unsatisfactory Samples 29
Factories Act, 1937 30
Bakehouses 31
Workplaces, Shops and Offices 31
Complaints 32
Infectious Disease and Disinfection 32
Offensive Trades 32
Clean Air Act, 1956 32
Rats and Mice 35
Notices 36
Sanitary Improvements 36
Summary of work done during the year 38
Swimming Bath 39
Schools 40
Outbreaks of Food Poisoning and Clean Food Campaign 41
Nutrition 41
Shell Fish (Molluscan) 41
Adoptive Acts and Bye-Laws 42
Prevalence and Control over Infectious and other Diseases:
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) 43
Incidence of Infectious Diseases in Age Groups and Wards 44
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Disease 45
Tuberculosis 46
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