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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Number of complaints received and investigated | 2,102 | |
Dwelling-houses (house-to-house) | 13,737 | |
Newly-infected houses | 3,759 | |
Common lodging-houses | 154 | |
Slaughter-houses | 233 | |
Bakehouses | 313 | |
Dairies | 28 | |
Cowsheds | 77 | |
Milkshops | 181 | |
Retail Shops | 1834 | |
Schools | 11 | |
Offensive Trades | 183 | |
Factories | 216 | |
Workshops | 46 | |
Laundries | 9 | |
Miscellaneous | 3,445 | |
Re-inspections | 42,014 | |
Number of Notices served | On Offenders | 17 |
„ Owners | 6,544 | |
„ Occupiers | 126 | |
Number of Notices complied with | By Offenders | 10 |
„ Owners | 6,056 | |
„ Occupiers | 89 | |
Total Nuisances found | 26,263 | |
„ „ abaced | 21,246 | |
Samples taken (Sale of Food and Drug Acts) | 1,219 | |
Summonses attended (Sale of Food and Drug Acts) | 76 | |
„ „ (Public Health Acts) | 36 |
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