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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
Surbiton 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Seventythree visits were made to factories and ten to bakehouses,
and as a result, the following works were carried out to remedy
contraventions:-
Sanitary Conveniences.
Additional W.C.s provided 4
New W.C. pans fixed 2
Cleansed or repaired 12
Flushing cisterns repaired or renewed 5
Marked 2
General.
Bakehouses cleansed 3
Drains repaired or cleansed 2
Additional drains provided 2
Additional washbasins provided 2
New waste pipes provided 2
Means of escape in case of fire
put in order 5
Means of escape in case of fire
certificates issued 1
There were fourteen outworkers on the Register at the end of the
year. Eleven visits of inspection were made.
FOOD INSPECTION.
The following foodstuffs found to be unfit for human food were surrendered by the owners, and either salvaged for animal feeding or destroyed:-
| lbs. | ozs. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jams, marmalade, etc. | 25 tins | 41 | — | Blown or damaged |
| Household milk | 4 tins | 3 | 8 | Deteriorated |
| Evaporated milk | 140 tins | 121 | 14½ | Blown or damaged |
| Condensed milk | 26 tins | 28 | 8 | do. |
| Canned fruits | 19 tins | 31 | 4 | do. |
| Canned fish | 331 tins | 287 | 2½ | do. |
| Canned meats, etc. | 60 tins | 94 | 6 | do. |
| Canned vegetables and soups | 71 tins | 50 | 12½ | do. |
| Fish | 364 | — | Putrefaction | |
| Confectionery | 70 | 5 | Deterioration due to prolonged and improper storage | |
| Confectionery | 107 pkts. | 13 | 6 | Weevil infestation |
| Confectionery | 9 | 2 | Contaminated and unsound. | |
| Bacon | 87 | — | Putrefaction | |
| Bacon | 16 | — | Abscess | |
| Coffee | 10 botts. | 5 | — | Deterioration |
| Pastes | 4 jars | 1 | 3 | Decomposition |
| Eggs | 151 | Putrefaction | ||
| Flour | 65 | — | Damaged or deteriorated | |
| Pickles | 12 jars | 10 | 12 | Sour or damaged |
| Butter | 2 | 4 | Rancid | |
| Coke mixture | 3 pkts. | 2 | 4 | Mite infestation |
| Gottenburg sausage | 18 | 4 | Decomposition | |
| Cheese | 16 | 12 | Mould, etc. | |
| Spaghetti | 230 | — | Maggots | |
| Miscellaneous | 51 | — | Various | |
| Rabbits | 10 | 42 | — | Decomposition |
| Ducks | 9 | 39 | 8 | do. |
| Pig's head | 100 | — | Septic infection | |
| Beef ribs | 27 | — | Decomposition | |
| Pig's head | 10 | — | Tuberculosis | |
| " lungs | 2 | — | Pneumonia | |
| " pluck | 9 | — | Pleuro pneumonia | |
| 1,850 | 5½ |
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