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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Inspections.-The following table shows the number of visits made in each district under the various inspection head:- NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING 1936.
| Cause of Inspection. | Districts. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Lady Sanitary Inspector | Food and Drugs Inspector | Total. | |
| Infectious Disease | 80 | 93 | 83 | 44 | 80 | 86 | 118 | 84 | 1294 | 3 | 1,965 |
| Complaints | 712 | 706 | 623 | 560 | 635 | 653 | 650 | 492 | 285 | •• | 5,316 |
| Tenement Houses | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| House to House | •• | 8 | •• | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 14 | •• | •• | 78 |
| Housing Acts | 187 | 136 | 368 | 204 | 555 | 190 | 11 | 120 | •• | 6 | 1,777 |
| House to House Consoli-dated Regulations | •• | •• | •• | 47 | 10 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 57 |
| Shops Act, 1934 | 127 | 260 | 140 | 224 | 180 | 128 | 83 | 85 | •• | •• | 1,227 |
| Food (other than Restau-rants and Eating Houses) | 155 | 189 | 281 | 224 | 22 | 260 | 216 | 358 | •• | 1,657 | 3,362 |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 74 | 147 | 42 | 89 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 75 | •• | 86 | 578 |
| Markets | 156 | 226 | 92 | 110 | 24 | 144 | 32 | 64 | •• | 630 | 1,578 |
| Slaughterhouses | •• | •• | 16 | 71 | •• | 51 | •• | •• | •• | 8 | 146 |
| Poultry Slaughterhouses | •• | 1 | 2 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | 5 |
| Bakehouses | 30 | 60 | 25 | 46 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 25 | •• | 51 | 316 |
| Milk Vendors | 29 | 45 | 115 | 78 | 47 | 61 | 90 | 72 | •• | 450 | 987 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | •• | 1 | 3 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 166 | 170 |
| Factories (including Fac-tory Laundries) | 73 | 53 | 30 | 64 | 61 | 40 | 18 | 42 | 32 | •• | 413 |
| Workshops (including Work-shop Laundries) | 13 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 16 | •• | 5 | 41 | •• | 119 |
| Workplaces (other than Out-workers) | 34 | 26 | 8 | 72 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 29 | •• | 212 |
| Outworkers | •• | 5 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | 71 | •• | 78 |
| Public Urinals | 95 | 292 | 247 | 177 | 108 | 63 | 154 | 68 | 4 | •• | 1,208 |
| Smoke Observations | 5 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 7 | •• | •• | 84 |
| Drainage | 1,137 | 881 | 1,400 | 728 | 686 | 883 | 468 | 444 | •• | •• | 6,627 |
| Miscellaneous | 324 | 337 | 254 | 119 | 299 | 285 | 440 | 704 | 30 | 528 | 3,320 |
| Re-visits | 1,998 | 1,663 | 1,708 | 1,497 | 1,649 | 2,157 | 2,247 | 2,355 | 124 | •• | 15,398 |
| Infant Life Protection | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1,407 | •• | 1,407 |
| Common Lodging Houses | •• | •• | 2 | 11 | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 14 |
| Pharmacy and Poisons Act | 18 | 29 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 70 | 6 | 25 | •• | •• | 218 |
| Diphtheria Immunisation | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 146 | •• | 146 |
| Cancer | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 4 | •• | 4 |
| Totals | 5,247 | 5,202 | 5,589 | 4,418 | 4,442 | 5,178 | 4,628 | 5,052 | 3,467 | 3,587 | 46,810 |