[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.
- Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(r) Adiiltt'niti'Jii, TRe number of samples of food and drugs submitted tor analysis was 219. The percentage of adulteration was o.02. No unlawful additions of preservatives or colouring matter were discovered. GENERAL .Slaughterhouses received 1,080 visits, Meat and Food shops 351, Dairies 344, Bakehouses only 21 and Factories 55. Only 50 routine visits were paid under the Housing Acts, and the usual Housing Statistics, although they have been ])reparpd and filed, are not printed in the report. In conclusion, 1 wish to thank the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee for their support and forbearance during a difficult year. My grateful thanks are also diio to Dr. Paul for his friendly co-operation and for his understanding and help in the numerous difficulties which have beset the work of the department. The loyalty of my staff has been beyond praise and fully in keeping with the best traditions of the Local Government Service, and in thanking them I wish again to include those who have been temporarily •called away to perform sterner tasks. •JOHN H. WRIGHT, Chief Sanitary Inspector. Tht' Public Health Department, Hales Lane, Smethwick. 20th Atigust, 1940.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30091263_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
