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 Southall]
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Table XII
Sanitary Inspections—Classification of Visits
Houses, Public Health Act, 1936 | 3,726 |
Houses, Housing Act, 1936-1954 | 336 |
Overcrowding | 237 |
Disinfestation | 85 |
Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 11 |
Vans, Sheds | 26 |
Shops Act, 1950 | 62 |
Food Shops | 519 |
Fried Fish | 5 |
Cafes, etc. | 315 |
Factories (Mechanical) | 188 |
Factories (Non-Mechanical) | 7 |
Outworkers | 24 |
Food Factories | 172 |
Smoke | 95 |
Offensive Trades | 1 |
Bakehouses | 29 |
Dairies | 11 |
Water Sampling | 16 |
Ice-Cream Sampling | 182 |
Other Foods Sampling | 39 |
Schools | 40 |
Stables | 13 |
Offensive Accumulations | - |
Hairdressers | 1 |
Petrol | 236 |
Canal Boats | — |
Slaughterhouses | 61 |
Rats and Mice | 101 |
Infectious Diseases | 183 |
Atmospheric Pollution | 96 |
Markets—Saturday and General | 131 |
6,948 |
Table XIII
(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 56 |
(2) Number of families dwelling therein | 74 |
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein | 311 |
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | 21 |
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 44 |
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 242 |
(d) Particulars of any case in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded after the local authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding | - |
(e) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding conditions upon which the Medical Officer of Health may consider it desirable to report | - |