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
| Cause of Inspection. | Districts. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Lady Sanitary Inspector | Food and Drugs Inspector | Housing Inspector | Total. | |
| Infectious Disease | 67 | 70 | 109 | 108 | 98 | 93 | 199 | 97 | 1,138 | 6 | 2 | 1,987 |
| Complaints | 487 | 537 | 524 | 571 | 434 | 697 | 551 | 454 | 486 | 1 | 9 | 4,751 |
| House to House | 18 | 82 | 9 | 5 | 62 | .. | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | 718 | 908 |
| 220 | 93 | 123 | 246 | 402 | 275 | 54 | 203 | 183 | 1,799 | |||
| House to House Consolidated Regulations | .. | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 |
| Shops Act, 1934 | 37 | 80 | 221 | 48 | 116 | 163 | 14 | 88 | .. | .. | .. | 767 |
| Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses) | 68 | 88 | 264 | 117 | 123 | 372 | 128 | 343 | .. | 1,423 | 17 | 2,943 |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 30 | 91 | 46 | 84 | 37 | 22 | 24 | 75 | .. | 84 | 4 | 497 |
| 21 | 6 | 282 | 49 | 20 | 263 | 33 | 89 | .. | 568 | 24 | 1,355 | |
| Slaughterhouses | .. | .. | 26 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 80 | |
| Poultry Slaughterhouses | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bakehouses | 20 | 32 | 13 | 24 | 31 | 18 | 28 | 23 | .. | 62 | 2 | 253 |
| Milk Vendors | 24 | 38 | 54 | 73 | 61 | 34 | 26 | 114 | .. | 376 | .. | 800 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 4 | • • | 226 | .. | 246 |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 18 | 46 | 29 | 28 | 62 | 41 | 2 | 78 | 7 | .. | .. | 311 |
| Workshops including Workshop Laundries) | 9 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 24 | .. | .. | 133 |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers) | 1 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 10 | 35 | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 107 |
| Out worers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 91 | .. | .. | 91 |
| Public Urinals | 38 | 74 | 144 | 217 | 128 | 77 | 86 | 99 | 5 | .. | 4 | 872 |
| Public Urinals | .. | 19 | 4 | 28 | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 59 |
| Smoke Observations | 649 | 802 | 877 | 1,410 | 479 | 569 | 611 | 221 | .. | .. | 47 | 5,665 |
| Dralnage | 113 | 121 | 258 | 143 | 203 | 299 | 332 | 538 | 76 | 492 | 116 | 2,691 |
| Re-visits | 1,295 | 1,595 | 1,645 | 849 | 1,656 | 2,237 | 1,633 | 2,248 | 143 | .. | 2,130 | 15,431 |
| Child Life Protection | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1,118 | .. | .. | 1,118 |
| Common Lodging Houses | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
| Pharmacy and Poisons Act | .. | 27 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 102 |
| Diphtheria Immunisation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68 | .. | .. | 68 |
| Womens' Hostels | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
| Totals | 3,122 | 3,836 | 4,709 | 4,094 | 3,967 | 5,217 |3,748 | 4,718 | 3,160 | 3,241 | 3,257 | 43,069 | |