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 West Ham]
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Shops Acts.
The provisions of the Shops Acts are carried out by Mr.
E. J. Ferrier, the Stoops Inspector, and the following Table shows
the work performed in connection therewith :—
List of Shops Visited during the Year 1933.
Class of Shop. | J Visited. | No half-holiday form exhibited. | Warned verbally. | Warning Notice sent. | Refused to serve. | Summonses attended. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bakers | 208 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
Boot repairers, etc. | 38 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Butchers | 604 | 17 | 80 | 14 | 109 | ... |
Caterers | 79 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 |
Carpets and rugs | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chemists and druggists | 102 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 15 | ... |
China and glassware | 147 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 19 | ... |
Clothiers | 204 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 20 | ... |
Confectionery and tobacco | 625 | 15 | 79 | 39 | 190 | 39 |
Corn merchants | 38 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Cycle Dealers | 44 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
Drapers, Milliners and Mantle Dealers | 472 | 25 | 72 | 22 | 70 | 3 |
Fishmongers | 379 | 10 | 42 | 9 | 63 | ... |
Fruiterers and Greengrocers | 575 | 22 | 143 | 46 | 153 | 5 |
Furniture Dealers | 86 | 2 | 2 | ... | 6 | ... |
Furriers | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Grocers and General | 696 | 34 | 166 | 106 | 260 | 32 |
Hairdressers and Barbers | 333 | 7 | 40 | 5 | 38 | 1 |
Hosiers and Hatters | 122 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | ... |
Ironmongers | 38 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
Leather and Grindery | 33 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... |
Mixed | 496 | 22 | 122 | 82 | 176 | 2 |
Music | 63 | 1 | 2 | ... | 7 | ... |
Picture Frames | 50 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... |
Public Houses | 25 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Tailors | 153 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 14 | ... |
Toy and Fancy Goods | 112 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | ... |
Watchmakers, Jewellers and Pawnbrokers | 27 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Wireless | 117 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 1 |
Totals | 6,797 | 193 | 852 | 343 | 1,225 | 85 |
For results of Police Court Proceedings, see pages 84-85.
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