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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hammersmith 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Table: Inspections.-The following table show the number of visits made in each district under the various inspection heads:- NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING 1938.

Inspections.-The following table show the number of visits made in each district under the various inspection heads:- NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING 1938.

Cause of Inspection.Districts.
12345678Lady Sanitary InspectorFood and Drugs InspectorSanitary Inspector BayesSanitary Inspector HerrickSanitary Inspector MasonTemp-orary H.V.Total
Infectious Disease75107285969851391071,9856...49378443,590
Complaints54038523344733671655237338115269211...4,449
House to House115......2...2.........234559312...1,125
Housing Acts2793498559847138417934818...119395478...3,703
House to House Consolidated Regulations.........3......1.....................4
Shops Act, 1934...302421371328.........26...143
Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses)8137386354359106223...1,233...34166...2,421
Restaurants and Eating Houses225374...71034...102...2011...288
Markets...2149383525834114...4291234160...1,265
Slaughterhouses......241...21......1......10...57
Poultry Slaughter-houses...2....................................2
Bakehouses26...29...133219...55...99...174
Milk Vendors11221467242566...30462420...556
Ice Cream Vendors...1.....................137............138
Factories (Mechani-cal)343276928429252......1610...472
Factories (Non-mechanical)1110837520131129......611251
Outworkers528......1618294...............145
Public Urinals593421356611073811......5396...737
Smoke Observations...10...1326141............12...67
Drainage281603212846675545538470.........439738...5,347
Miscellaneous15227727218741219715032735491205119110...2,934
Re-visits9941,1097311,0171,2272,0741,4631,842331...1,8901,8081,327...15,813
Child Life Protec-tion........................685............51736
Common Lodging Houses...28...........................7...17
Pharmacy and Poisons Act...19...22315139...2...915...107
Cancer........................58...............58
Women's Hostels........................5...............5
Totals2,3693,2491,7863,8513,4834,8813,3994,0933,7842,7612,4713,8463,73689544,604