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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
Hammersmith 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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14
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
BOROUGH.
The following table shows the number of visits made by the Sanitary Inspectors, and the number of Preliminary Notices served and complied with during the year:—
| Cause of Inspection. | No. of Inspections. | No. of Notices served. | No. of Notices complied with. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 58 | 2 | 3 |
| Cancer | 5 | — | — |
| Complaints | 4,242 | 2,125 | 1,421 |
| Drainage | 1,362 | 22 | 21 |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 154 | 12 | 10 |
| Factories (Non-mechanical) | 29 | 1 | 1 |
| Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses) | 1,475 | 25 | 15 |
| Housing Act | 386 | 30 | 21 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | 237 | 3 | 3 |
| Infectious Diseases | 1,938 | 36 | 19 |
| Licences (Building) | 3,076 | 7 | 5 |
| Markets | 839 | 1 | 1 |
| Milk Vendors | 318 | 12 | 9 |
| Outworkers | 205 | 2 | — |
| Pharmacy and Medicines Act | 71 | — | — |
| Public Urinals | 60 | 2 | 1 |
| Rats and Mice | 1,394 | 129 | 89 |
| Requisitioning of Houses | 140 | — | — |
| Restuarants and Eating Houses | 108 | 4 | 5 |
| Scabies | 983 | 9 | 4 |
| Shelters (A.R.P.) | 11 | — | — |
| Shops Act | 19 | 2 | 3 |
| Slaughterhouses | 3 | — | — |
| Smoke Observations | 7 | 3 | — |
| War Damage | 186 | 63 | 44 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,577 | 59 | 35 |
| Re-visits | 5,745 | 282 | 201 |
| No Answer | 2,809 | — | — |
| No. of Ineffective Visits | 27,437 2,809 | 2,831 | 1,911 |
| Total | 24,628 | 2,831 | 1,911 |
During the year 664 Statutory Notices were served and
442 complied with.
INCREASE OF RENT AND MORTGAGE
RESTRICTIONS ACT, 1920/1939.
During the year 14 applications were received for certificates
under the above Act, and in 8 cases certificates were
granted.