London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hammersmith 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Inspections.—The following table shows the number of visits made in each district under the various inspection head:—

Cause of Inspection.Districts.
12345678Lady Sanitary InspectorFood and Drugs InspectorTotal.
Infectious Disease2412241611311382403502191,45543,163
Complaints494478458540518652363643314204,480
Tenement Houses222..........20....44
House to House36159971822333166....525
Housing and Town Planning Act58146..51..........129
House to House Consoli-dated Regulations778..644..252....180
Food (other than Restau-rants and Eating Houses)136372365444136182665277..1,3233,900
Restaurants and Eating Houses80959247206610783..110700
Markets2727293522213537273..5811,447
Slaughterhouses21154120..17......7301
Poultry Slaughterhouses..10..............515
Bakehouses5347418541541729..59426
Milk Yendors12813166139109286166..3991,127
Ice Cream Vendors..61....2......211220
Factories (including Fac-tory Laundries)575532291776211148..409
Workshops (including Work-shop Laundries)11182247341063315..196
Workplaces (other than Out-workers)46327133354441..239
Outworkers..76..4..11..22..50
Public Urinals9521793501722111351598..1,135
Smoke Observations..5..301898619....176
Drainage1,1551,540949603619526573580....6,545
Miscellaneous204421128441247271846214854933,350
Re-visits1,7601,0991,6441,8851,9782,0751,1511,77170..13,333
Infant Life Protection................1,345..1,345
Common Lodging Houses....27..............27
TOTALS4,6124,7944,7084,8114,213 4,6714,4114,7123,3183,21243,462