Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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Trade Premises:—
Factories and workshops ventilation improved | 2 |
„ „ „ w.c. accommodation defective | 5 |
Workshops cleansed or limewashed | 18 |
Bakehouses „ „ „ | 9 |
Food:— | |
Carcases condemned or partly so (tuberculosis) | 4 |
Bacon (decomposed) | 99 lbs. |
Winkles „ | 1 sack |
Dates „ | 1 box |
Jam „ | 52 lbs. |
Marmalade, 295 lbs., in 1 lb. and 2 lb. jars (moulds and fermenting), two inches removed off the top of each jar and the bulk then allowed to be returned to the makers, to be re-boiled. | |
Samples of food and drugs taken, 20: Milk | 13 |
„ „ milk | 13 |
Convictions for adulteration or otherwise | — |
Various:— | |
Cases in which infective bedding destroyed | — |
Canal boats inspected; number of contraventions | — |
Fruit pickers' huts inspected | — |
Temporary or movable dwellings inspected | — |
Birds and animals improperly kept; removed | 8 |
Clerical and Le.sral Work:— | |
Letters written | numerous |
Notices served; Preliminary | 60 |
„ „ Statutory | 9 |
Summonses issued | 1 |
Convictions | 1 |