London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
West Ham 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Visits to registered premises occupied by vendors of food, W.H.C.A., Section 66 | 614 |
| Visits to ice-cream makers or dealers, W.H.C.A., Sec. 66, and P.H.A. | 534 |
| Visits to other food purveyors Burial Act, 1857, Sec. 25, Exhumation of human remains | 701 7 |
| Visits to shops (Shops Act, 1934) | 59 |
| Visits to canal boats | — |
| Visits re overcrowding provisions of Housing Acts | 292 |
| Drainage inspections | 1,931 |
| House-to-house inspections under Public Health or Housing Acts | 220 |
| Visits under Rats and Mice Destruction Act | 950 |
| Visits under Increase of Rent Restriction, etc., Acts | 249 |
| Visits under Bye-laws—tents, vans, sheds | 15 |
| Visits to private houses to investigate complaints | 10,724 |
| Houses inspected under the Housing Act, 1936, re Closing and Demolition Orders or Reconstructions or re Schedules of Evidence | 143 |
| Smoke observations | 66 |
| Visits to factories re smoke | 18 |
| Visits to factories re Steam Whistles Act, 1872 | — |
| Visits to places of public amusement, theatres, music halls, cinemas, etc. (Ministry of Health Circular 120 of 1920) | 29 |
| Visits to licensed premises | 83 |
| Other visits | 446 |
| Re-inspections | 16,131 |
| Total Visits | 36,402 |
Samples taken under Rag' Flock Act 3
Samples of domestic water supplies taken for analysis or
bacteriological examination —
No. of Notices served 7,554
Warning Letters sent re matters not dealt with by Notice' 619
Drain tests carried out 239
Certificates granted under Rent Restriction, etc. 249
No. of Notices complied with—(1) by owner 5,229
No. of Notices complied with—(2) by occupier 15
Summonses 463
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