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 Hammersmith Borough]
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Borough Council have provided many houses, but overcrowded
conditions still exist.
Inspections.—The following table shows the number of
visits made in each district under the various inspection
head :—
NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING 1932.
Cause of Inspection. | Districts. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Lady Sanitary Inspector | Food and Drugs Inspector | House to House Inspectors | Total. | |
Infectious Disease | 102 | 172 | 160 | 140 | 149 | 124 | 287 | 159 | 1,890 | 4 | .. | 3,187 |
Complaints | 425 | 480 | 501 | 479 | 373 | 600 | 192 | 450 | 577 | 2 | 4,079 | |
Houses let In Lodgings | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 * |
House to House | 12 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 62 | .. | .. | 1,124 | 1,277 |
Housing and Town Planning Act | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
House to House Consolidated Regulations | 5 | 39 | 32 | 60 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 180 |
Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses) | 316 | 362 | 239 | 452 | 173 | 198 | 655 | 331 | .. | 1,313 | .. | 4,039 |
Restaurants and Eating Houses | 82 | 135 | 73 | 49 | 12 | 35 | 127 | 81 | .. | 158 | .. | 752 |
Markets........ | 17 | 20 | 278 | 36 | 11 | 260 | 33 | 262 | .. | 546 | .. | 1,463 |
Slaughterhouses | 2 | .. | 171 | 157 | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | 355 |
Poultry Slaughterhouses | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 18 |
Bakehouses | 62 | 51 | 37 | 108 | 62 | 72 | 25 | 36 | .. | 61 | .. | 514 |
Milk Vendors | 268 | 137 | 44 | 153 | 93 | 20 | 61 | 99 | .. | 410 | .. | 1,285 |
Ice Cream Vendors | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .. | 218 | .. | 236 | ||||
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 60 | 26 | 51 | 80 | 21 | 67 | 44 | 134 | 113 | .. | .. | 596 |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 36 | 36 | 12 | 53 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 157 | .. | .. | 345 |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers) | 17 | 3 | 54 | 71 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 99 | .. | .. | 289 |
Outworkers | 8 | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .. | 280 | .. | .. | 308 |
Public Urinals | 79 | 122 | 97 | 44 | 153 | 106 | 74 | 162 | 59 | .. | .. | 896 |
Smoke Observations | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | 20 | 29 | 2 | 39 | .. | .. | .. | 100 |
Drainage | 971 | 1,656 | 778 | 642 | 602 | 448 | 434 | 605 | .. | 67 | 6,203 | |
Miscellaneous | 244 | 275 | 82 | 461 | 158 | 211 | 707 | 236 | 420 | 528 | .. | 3,322 |
Re-visits | 1,841 | 1,404 | 2,155 | 1,850 | 2,306 | 2,613 | 1,298 | 1,953 | 453 | .. | 434 | 16,307 |
Totals | 4,558 | 4,963 | 4,788 | 4,858 | 4,176 | 4,835 | 3,993 | 4,661 | 4,048 | 3,256 | 1,625 | 45,761 |