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 | Lady Sanitary Inspector | Food and Drugs Inspector | Total. | |
| Infectious Disease | 241 | 224 | 161 | 131 | 138 | 240 | 350 | 219 | 1,455 | 4 | 3,163 |
| Complaints | 494 | 478 | 458 | 540 | 518 | 652 | 363 | 643 | 314 | 20 | 4,480 |
| Tenement Houses | 22 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | .. | .. | 44 |
| House to House | 36 | 15 | 99 | 71 | 82 | 23 | 33 | 166 | .. | .. | 525 |
| Housing and Town Planning Act | 58 | 14 | 6 | .. | 51 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 129 |
| House to House Consoli-dated Regulations | 7 | 78 | .. | 64 | 4 | .. | 25 | 2 | .. | .. | 180 |
| Food (other than Restau-rants and Eating Houses) | 136 | 372 | 365 | 444 | 136 | 182 | 665 | 277 | .. | 1,323 | 3,900 |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 80 | 95 | 92 | 47 | 20 | 66 | 107 | 83 | .. | 110 | 700 |
| Markets | 27 | 27 | 293 | 52 | 22 | 135 | 37 | 273 | .. | 581 | 1,447 |
| Slaughterhouses | 2 | 1 | 154 | 120 | .. | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 301 |
| Poultry Slaughterhouses | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 15 |
| Bakehouses | 53 | 47 | 41 | 85 | 41 | 54 | 17 | 29 | .. | 59 | 426 |
| Milk Yendors | 128 | 131 | 66 | 139 | 109 | 28 | 61 | 66 | .. | 399 | 1,127 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 211 | 220 |
| Factories (including Fac-tory Laundries) | 57 | 55 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 76 | 21 | 114 | 8 | .. | 409 |
| Workshops (including Work-shop Laundries) | 11 | 18 | 22 | 47 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 15 | .. | 196 |
| Workplaces (other than Out-workers) | 46 | 32 | 71 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 1 | .. | 239 |
| Outworkers | .. | 7 | 6 | .. | 4 | .. | 11 | .. | 22 | .. | 50 |
| Public Urinals | 95 | 217 | 93 | 50 | 172 | 211 | 135 | 159 | 8 | .. | 1,135 |
| Smoke Observations | .. | 5 | .. | 30 | 18 | 98 | 6 | 19 | .. | .. | 176 |
| Drainage | 1,155 | 1,540 | 949 | 603 | 619 | 526 | 573 | 580 | .. | .. | 6,545 |
| Miscellaneous | 204 | 421 | 128 | 441 | 247 | 271 | 846 | 214 | 85 | 493 | 3,350 |
| Re-visits | 1,760 | 1,099 | 1,644 | 1,885 | 1,978 | 2,075 | 1,151 | 1,771 | 70 | .. | 13,333 |
| Infant Life Protection | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1,345 | .. | 1,345 |
| Common Lodging Houses | .. | .. | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 |
| TOTALS | 4,612 | 4,794 | 4,708 | 4,811 | 4,213 4,671 | 4,411 | 4,712 | 3,318 | 3,212 | 43,462 | |