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Hammersmith 1937

[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 1937.

Cause of Inspection.Districts.
12345678Lady Sanitary InspectorFood and Drugs InspectorHousing InspectorTotal.
Infectious Disease67701091089893199971,138621,987
Complaints487537524571434697551454486194,751
House to House18829562..131....718908
22093123246402275542031831,799
House to House Consolidated Regulations....18................18
Shops Act, 19343780221481161631488......767
Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses)6888264117123372128343..1,423172,943
Restaurants and Eating Houses3091468437222475..844497
21628249202633389..568241,355
Slaughterhouses....2645131..3180
Poultry Slaughterhouses........................
Bakehouses2032132431182823..622253
Milk Vendors24385473613426114..376..800
Ice Cream Vendors7......9....4• •226..246
Factories (including Factory Laundries)1846292862412787....311
Workshops including Workshop Laundries)91732625411524....133
Workplaces (other than Outworkers)1185231035..15......107
Out worers................91....91
Public Urinals38741442171287786995..4872
Public Urinals..194282..6........59
Smoke Observations6498028771,410479569611221....475,665
Dralnage113121258143203299332538764921162,691
Re-visits1,2951,5951,6458491,6562,2371,6332,248143..2,13015,431
Child Life Protection................1,118....1,118
Common Lodging Houses....13................13
Pharmacy and Poisons Act..271320815613......102
Diphtheria Immunisation........................
Cancer................68....68
Womens' Hostels................4....4
Totals3,1223,8364,7094,0943,9675,217 |3,7484,7183,1603,2413,25743,069