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

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Hammersmith 1936

[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.
12345678Lady Sanitary InspectorFood and Drugs InspectorTotal.
Infectious Disease80938344808611884129431,965
Complaints712706623560635653650492285••5,316
Tenement Houses••••••••••••••••••••••
House to House••8••77202214••••78
Housing Acts18713636820455519011120••61,777
House to House Consoli-dated Regulations••••••4710••••••••••57
Shops Act, 19341272601402241801288385••••1,227
Food (other than Restau-rants and Eating Houses)15518928122422260216358••1,6573,362
Restaurants and Eating Houses74147428931211375••86578
Markets15622692110241443264••6301,578
Slaughterhouses••••1671••51••••••8146
Poultry Slaughterhouses••12••••••••••••25
Bakehouses3060254614214425••51316
Milk Vendors29451157847619072••450987
Ice Cream Vendors••13••••••••••••166170
Factories (including Fac-tory Laundries)735330646140184232••413
Workshops (including Work-shop Laundries)1310623516••541••119
Workplaces (other than Out-workers)342687212641229••212
Outworkers••51••••••••171••78
Public Urinals9529224717710863154684••1,208
Smoke Observations53462162127••••84
Drainage1,1378811,400728686883468444••••6,627
Miscellaneous324337254119299285440704305283,320
Re-visits1,9981,6631,7081,4971,6492,1572,2472,355124••15,398
Infant Life Protection••••••••••••••••1,407••1,407
Common Lodging Houses••••211••1••••••••14
Pharmacy and Poisons Act182937211270625••••218
Diphtheria Immunisation••••••••••••••••146••146
Cancer••••••••••••••••4••4
Totals5,2475,2025,5894,4184,4425,1784,6285,0523,4673,58746,810