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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 1939

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

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Table: Notices.—The following table shows the number of Preliminary Notices served and complied with during the year:-

Notices.—

The following table shows the number of Preliminary Notices served and complied with during the year:-

Notices Served.Notices complied with.
Infectious Diseases5150
Complaints1,8401,621
House to House123167
Housing Act7312
Food (other than Restaurants)73
Restaurants, &c94
Bakehouses22
Milk Vendors-—
Factories (Mechanical)2429
Factories (Non-Mechanical)157
Outworkers-—
Public Urinals11
Smoke Observations11—
Drainage2713
Miscellaneous2624
Re-visits471401
Common Lodging Houses1—
Child Life Protection13
Shops Act, 19343129
Women's Hostels——
Poultry, Slaughterhouse——
Total2,7132,366

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During the year 911 Statutory Notices were served and
898 complied with.

Table: SUMMONSES—YEAR 1939.

SUMMONSES—YEAR 1939.

The following table shows the number of proceedings instituted during the year:—
Public Health (London) Act, 193664
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 192810
Hammersmith Borough Council Bye-laws—Dogs2
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 19371
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908—Bye-laws1
Housing Act, 19361
London County Council Drainage Bye-laws2
Food and Drugs Act, 19381