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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Fifty-six lbs. of rat poison was laid in sewer manholes
throughout the Borough.
The Borough Engineer and Surveyor reported that "it
is considered that approximately 60 per cent, of the bait
was taken."
PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS WHICH CAN BE
CONTROLLED BY BYE-LAWS AND
REGULATIONS.
The following premises and occupations have been kept
under constant inspection throughout the year, and action
taken where found to be necessary :—
Fried Fish Vendors.
Milk Vendors.
Ice Cream Vendors.
Slaughterhouses.
Full particulars and remarks regarding these premises
are to be found in another part of the report.
Tenement Houses.—No premises have been registered
under the London County Council Bye-Laws relating to
tenement houses.
Houses Let in Lodgings.—During the year no new
houses were registered.
Seamen's Lodging Houses.--There are no seamen's
lodging houses in the Borough.
Common Lodging Houses.—There is one common
lodging house known as Jubilee Chambers situate in Bradmore
Lane, Hammersmith.
Application for the renewal of the licence was received
from Mr. William George Parker, residence Jubilee Chambers,
Hammersmith.
The application was approved and a licence issued dated
the 1st July, 1937.