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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 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Table: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (A) SANITARY INSPECTION

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (A) SANITARY INSPECTION

Cause of InspectionNo. of InspectionsNo. of Notices servedNo. of Notices complied with
Atmospheric Pollution74__
Bakehouses84-—
Complaints2,816585231
Drainage1,921417
Factories (Mechanical)27223
Factories (non-Mechanical)7723
Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses)1,8301
Hairdressers and Barbers20321
Housing Act61043
Housing Applications1601
House to House1-_
Housing Repairs and Rents Act242126
Ice Cream Vendors226_-
Infectious Diseases5101-
Markets776-]
Milk Vendors174_-
Old People's Welfare485_-
Outworkers420--
Pet Shops Act14--
Pharmacy & Poisons Act95--
Public Urinals7--
Rag Flock Act—__
Rats and Mice1,8043926
Restaurants and Eating Houses42074
Scabies—__-
Shops Act1981-
Slaughterhouses4_-
Smoke Observations21921
Miscellaneous1,034196
Re-visits4,996219562
No answer725—-
No. of Ineffective Visits20,397 725901 -864 -
Total19,672901864

Table: During the year 324 Statutory Notices were served and 423 complied with. (B) SUMMONSES—Proceedings instituted during the year

During the year 324 Statutory Notices were served and 423 complied with. (B) SUMMONSES—Proceedings instituted during the year

Public Health (London) Act, 1936.........37
Food and Drugs Act, 1955.........13
L.C.C. Byelaws.........2