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 East Ham]
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The establishment of the Sanitary Section consisted of one
Shops Inspector, seven District Inspectors, a Deputy and a Chief
Sanitary Inspector, together with one disinfector, one lorry driver,
one mortuary attendant, one rodent operator, one drain cleaner,
one clerk and two typists.
Talks to local organisations on the work of the Sanitary
Section have been continued during the year, and full advantage
was taken of the opportunity afforded by the Civic Exhibition to
stress the importance of personal and environmental hygiene.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Sanitary Inspection.
Details of the work of the inspectors in general sanitary administration are contained in the following statements:—
(a) Inspections. | |
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The number of inspections of all classes | 35,106 |
(i) Housing. | |
Under Public Health Act | 8,700 |
Re-inspections | 17,277 |
Housing Act, 1936 | 2,255 |
(ii) Sanitary Circumstances. | |
Yards and Passages | 254 |
Drainage and Sanitary Accommodation | 2,203 |
Factories (excluding Bakehouses) | 416 |
Workplaces and Outworkers | 165 |
Caravans | 4 |
20 | |
Miscellaneous | 486 |
(iii) Food Supply | |
Slaughterhouses | 3 |
Dairies | 51 |
Food Premises | 1,683 |
Bakehouses | 62 |
484 | |
(iv) Infectious Disease | |
Visits | 1,048 |