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 Hammersmith Borough]
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (A) SANITARY INSPECTION.
Cause of Inspection. | No. of Inspections. | No. of Notices served. | No. of Notices complied with. |
---|---|---|---|
Bakehouses | 120 | 1 | - |
Cancer | — | — | — |
Complaints | 4,125 | 2,272 | 2,889 |
Drainage | 1,880 | 30 | 23 |
Factories (Mechanical) | 473 | 28 | 33 |
Factories (Non-mechanical) | 226 | 10 | 7 |
Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses) | 1,974 | 15 | 5 |
House to House | 852 | 418 | 167 |
Housing Act | 374 | — | — |
Ice Cream Vendors | 314 | 2 | — |
Infectious Diseases | 272 | 9 | 7 |
Licences (Building) | 1,205 | 7 | 3 |
Markets | 372 | — | — |
Milk Vendors | 425 | 2 | 1 |
Outworkers | 1,298 | 10 | 11 |
Pharmacy and Medicines Act | 101 | — | —- |
Public Urinals | 3 | — | — |
Rats and Mice | 1,589 | 175 | 114 |
Re-Housing | 1,I91 | 73 | 93 |
Restaurants and Fating Houses | 468 | 18 | 17 |
Shops Act | 180 | 11 | 19 |
Slaughterhouses. | 2 | — | — |
Smoke Observations | 163 | 9 | — |
Miscellaneous | 1,621 | 77 | 52 |
Re-visits | 15,928 | 1,205 | 1,134 |
No Answer | 6,041 | — | — |
No. of Ineffective Visits | 41,197 | 4,372 | 4,575 |
6,041 | — | — | |
Total | 35,156 | 4,372 | 4,575 |
During the year, 2,232 Statutory Notices were served and
1,028 complied with.
(B) SUMMONSES—Proceedings instituted during the year
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | 257 |
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 | 17 |
Housing Act, 1936, and L.C.C. Byelaws | 2 |
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949 | 9 |
H.B.C. Byelaws | 3 |