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Beddington and Wallington 1961
[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 1961:
Inspection & Supervision of Food
Milk and Dairies 29
Ice Cream 30
Slaughterhouses 30
Food Premises 30
Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960 31
Unsound Food 31
Sampling 31
Factories Act 1937-1959
Inspections 34
Outwork 34
Defects 35
Workplaces, Shops and Offices 35
Infectious Disease & Disinfection 36
Offensive Trades 36
Clean Air Act, 1956
Smoke Control Areas 36
Industrial Premises 36
Prevention of Damage by Pest Act, 1949
Sewer Rat Control 37
Petroleum (Regulation) Acts 38
Shops Act, 1950 38
Pet Animals Act, 1951 38
The Game Act, 1831 38
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952 38
Rag Flock & Other Filling Materials Act, 1951 38
Caravan Sites & Control of Devolopment Act, 1960 38
Noise Abatement Act, 1960 38
Summary
Complaints 39
Notices served 39
Sanitary Improvements 39
Visits, etc. 41
Swimming Bath 42
Schools 42
Outbreaks of Food Poisoning and Clean Food Campaign 43
Nutrition 43
Shell Fish (Molluscan) 43
Adoptive Acts and Bye-Laws 44
Prevalence and Control over Infectious and other Diseases:
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) 45
Incidence of Infectious Diseases in Age Groups and Wards 46
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Disease 47
Tuberculosis 48
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