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 Southwark, Borough of]
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92
Total number of Wholesale Milksellers on Register at
end of 1924 38
Total number of Wholesale Premises „ 37
Licences to sell "Graded" Milk.
During the year 31 applications to sell "graded" milk were received
from various firms, as under :—
(1) 28 applications from Messrs. R. Higgs and Sons Dairies, Ltd., of
Nos. 2, 4, 6, Canterbury Road, Brixton, to sell (a) "Certified,''
(b) "Grade A," (c) "Grade A (tuberculin tested)" and (d)
" Pasteurised " milk at each of their undermentioned premises :
No. 8, Alvey Street. No. 91, Southwark Bridge Road
„ 62, Borough High St. „ 18, Villa Street.
„ 64, Camberwell Rd.„, 38, Westmoreland Road.
„ 1/3, New Street.
(2) One application from Mr. A. R. Ash, of No. 41, Alvey Street,
Walworth, to sell "Certified" milk at
No. 41, Alvey Street.
(3) Two applications from Messrs. The Express Dairy Co., Ltd., of
No. 26, Tavistock Place, W.C.I, to sell (a) "Certified" and
(b) " Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) " milk at
No. 12, St. George's Road, Southwark.
Inquiries were duly made, and it was found that the Producers who
supplied the milk in question were holders of the necessary corresponding
licences.
The 31 licences applied for were accordingly issued by the Council.
TABLE 49
Summary of Original Inspections, &c., made during 1924 and in Fifteen preceding Years, 1909-1923.
| Tear | Complaints (including houses in which deaths have occurred). | House to House. | Infectious Diseases. | Factories, Workshops and Workplaces, &c. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections made. | Number of drains tested. | Number of Reinspections made. | Number of Inspections made. | Number of drains tested. | Number of Reinspections made | Number of Inspections made. | Number of drains tested. | Number of Reinspections made. | Number of Inspections made. | Number of Reinspectiont made. | |
| 1924 | 5676 | 197 | 18336 | 5384 | 49 | 12365 | 3253 | 1028 | 4454 | 6891 | 2991 |
| 1909 | 14954 | 3595 | 25370 | 11426 | 2943 | 26389 | 1507 | 1507 | 2087 | 5002 | 4846 |
| 1910 | 16557 | 2350 | 29051 | 7729 | 1338 | 22182 | 1269 | 1269 | 1628 | 5066 | 4915 |
| 1911 | 14325 | 1827 | 30052 | 9825 | 1561 | 24277 | 1878 | 1878 | 2261 | 5491 | 4783 |
| 1912 | 13437 | 2425 | 29128 | 10234 | 2354 | 24476 | 1822 | 1822 | 2053 | 6133 | 5432 |
| 1913 | 14225 | 2046 | 29278 | 9921 | 2125 | 21372 | 2399 | 2399 | 2778 | 6451 | 4773 |
| 1914 | 13678 | 1732 | 28512 | 7913 | 1954 | 19808 | 2626 | 2626 | 3589 | 6114 | 4532 |
| 1915 | 11776 | 1102 | 23691 | 7245 | 1325 | 20025 | 2077 | 2077 | 2717 | 5762 | 3822 |
| 1916 | 8326 | 388 | 18394 | 6905 | 580 | 16363 | 1571 | 718 | 1894 | 5528 | 3538 |
| 1917 | 7225 | 203 | 18499 | 6994 | 85 | 18494 | 1678 | 599 | 2538 | 5016 | 4044 |
| 1918 | 9101 | 238 | 26251 | 7361 | 58 | 23762 | 1942 | 673 | 3866 | 5355 | 4515 |
| 1919 | 8272 | 296 | 24165 | 7605 | 87 | 25271 | 1787 | 825 | 3078 | 5300 | 3896 |
| 1920 | 8932 | 301 | 27876 | 8582 | 141 | 27388 | 1803 | 1033 | 2901 | 5044 | 3212 |
| 1921 | 8648 | 752 | 24638 | 8517 | 409 | 27494 | 2175 | 1821 | 3703 | 6105 | 3984 |
| 1922 | 7650 | 376 | 22843 | 7435 | 145 | 20190 | 3927 | 1696 | 6165 | 6308 | 3558 |
| 1923 | 6403 | 309 | 20880 | 6975 | 183 | 18180 | 2589 | 12.32 | 3823 | 5614 | 2203 |