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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1935
[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. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | Lady Sanitary Inspector | Food and Drugs Inspector | Total. | |
| Infectious Disease | 100 | 127 | 30 | 32 | 235 | 166 | 133 | 102 | 322 | 3 | 1,916 |
| Complaints | 602 | 590 | 525 | 623 | 504 | 717 | 436 | 603 | 393 | ... | 5,053 |
| Tenement Houses | 20 | 1 | •• | .. | .. | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 |
| House to House | 31 | 19 | 46 | 44 | 41 | 7 | 60 | 53 | ... | ... | 306 |
| Housing Acts | 124 | 64 | 94 | 103 | 35 | 1 | .. | 2 | ... | ... | 473 |
| House to House Consolidated Regulations | 35 | 15 | ... | ... | 12 | ... | •• | 11 | ... | ... | 73 |
| Shops Act, 1934 | 42 | 127 | 31 | 50 | 23 | 127 | 29 | 133 | ... | ... | 572 |
| Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses) | 46 | 291 | 197 | 363 | 146 | 102 | 553 | 261 | ... | 1,333 | 3,357 |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 44 | 74 | 56 | 43 | 17 | 43 | 122 | 66 | ... | 103 | 573 |
| Markets | 36 | 36 | 236 | 65 | 32 | 196 | 29 | 294 | ... | 610 | 1,534 |
| Slaughterhouses | ... | ... | 94 | 57 | ... | 3 | ... | •• | ... | 1 | 155 |
| Poultry Slaughterhouses .. | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 12 |
| Bakehouses | 11 | 41 | 34 | 51 | 52 | 36 | 22 | 13 | ... | 54 | 319 |
| Milk Vendors | 67 | 123 | 61 | 131 | 75 | 26 | 42 | 73 | ... | 447 | 1,040 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | .. | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 199 | 204 |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 54 | 59 | 23 | 36 | 16 | 37 | 29 | 135 | 59 | ... | 443 |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 14 | 25 | .. | 34 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 54 | •• | 133 |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers) | 5 | 19 | 21 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 47 | •• | 165 |
| Outworkers | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 106 | .. | 103 |
| Public Urinals | 125 | 223 | 59 | 34 | 123 | 210 | 132 | 151 | 12 | ... | 1,074 |
| Smoke Observations | ... | 39 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 32 | ... | 12... | ... | 153 | |
| Drainage | 1,160 | 1,454 | 1,161 | 997 | 793 | 642 | 631 617 | ... | ... | 7,455 | |
| Miscellaneous | 163 | 497 | 40 | 379 | 190 | 216 | 325 | 131 | 52 | 445 | 2,993 |
| Re-visits | 2,209 | 1,222 | 1,301 | 1,314 1,519 | 1,917 | 1,572 | 2,276 | 31 | ... | 13,911 | |
| Infant Life Protection | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,550 | ... | 1,550 |
| Common Lodging Houses | ... | ... | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23 |
| Totals | 4,339 | 5,066 | 4,034 ,4,954 | 3,390 | 4,556 | 4,742 | 5,065 | 3,131 | 3,257 | 43,634 | |