London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
East Barnet Valley 1919
[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 |