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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| Cause of Inspection. | Districts. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Ladv Sanitary Inspector | Food and Drugs Inspector | Total. | |
| Infectious Disease | 173 | 249 | 120 | 132 | 210 | 234 | 338 | 218 | 1,051 | 9 | 2,734 |
| Complaints | 609 | 560 | 502 | 500 | 457 | 519 | 220 | 452 | 415 | 4 | 4,238 |
| Tenement Houses | 48 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 14 | .. | 35 | .. | .. | 102 |
| House to House | 75 | 53 | 152 | 62 | 150 | 39 | 95 | 143 | .. | .. | 769 |
| Housing and Town Planning Act | 46 | 155 | 48 | 62 | 6 | 38 | 31 | 42 | .. | 70 | 498 |
| House to House Consoli-dated Regulations | 13 | 36 | 26 | 33 | 24 | .. | 11 | 12 | .. | •• | 155 |
| Food (other than Restau-rants and Eating Houses) | 185 | 432 | 364 | 460 | 163 | 215 | 762 | 537 | .. | 1,461 | 4,579 |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 108 | 95 | 110 | 19 | 20 | 64 | 104 | 85 | .. | 93 | 698 |
| Markets | 22 | 29 | 287 | 36 | 27 | 247 | 23 | 279 | .. | 540 | 1,490 |
| Slaughterhouses | 5 | 21 | 200 | 161 | 12 | 85 | 6 | 9 | .. | 37 | 536 |
| Poultry Slaughterhouses | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 17 |
| Bakehouses | 47 | 31 | 32 | 66 | 52 | 79 | 27 | 27 | .. | 36 | 397 |
| Milk Vendors | 211 | 123 | 54 | 161 | 84 | 34 | 54 | 102 | .. | 286 | 1,109 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | .. | 10 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 166 | 182 |
| Factories (Including Fac-tory Laundries) | 55 | 35 | 39 | 59 | 4 | 45 | 21 | 130 | 47 | •• | 435 |
| Workshops (including Work-shop Laundries) | 38 | 13 | 39 | 30 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 58 | .. | 233 |
| Workplaces (other than Out-workers) | 1 | 12 | 63 | 56 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 23 | .. | 201 |
| Outworkers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .. | 106 | .. | 131 |
| Public Urinals | 74 | 134 | 115 | 56 | 159 | 160 | 159 | 206 | 16 | .. | 1,079 |
| Smoke Observations | 8 | 17 | 6 | .. | 10 | 18 | 19 | 67 | .. | .. | 145 |
| Drainage | 924 | 1,776 | 775 | 485 | 459 | 624 | 817 | 776 | .. | .. | 6,636 |
| Miscellaneous | 251 | 205 | 99 | 511 | 195 | 166 | 705 | 200 | 197 | 474 | 3,003 |
| Re-visits | 1,607 | 1,174 | 1,585 | 1,540 | 1,975 | 1,801 | 1,056 | 1,484 | 153 | .. | 12,375 |
| Infant Life Protection | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1,156 | .. | 1,156 |
| Common Lodging Houses | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Totals | 4,507 | 5,179 | 4,626 | 4,432 | 4,013 | 4.426 | 4,481 | 4,837 | 3,222 | 3,178 | 42,901 |