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Hammersmith 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
BOROUGH.
Inspections.—The following table shows the number of
visits made in each district under the various inspection
heads:—
NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING 1941.
| Cause of Inspection. | Inspectors. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. A. Collins | P. T. Bayes | H. W. Potter | W. Rigby | J. R. Baily | J. C. Hopkins | A. Hayes | E. J. Nether | W. J. Godden | Miss E. M. Cross | Total | |
| Infectious Disease | 70 | 26 | 39 | 5 | 34 | 55 | 102 | 80 | — | 2,157 | 2,568 |
| Complaints | 635 | 102 | 460 | 23 | 191 | 254 | 460 | 423 | 99 | 368 | 3,015 |
| House to House | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Housing Acts | 8 | — | 25 | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 45 |
| Shops Act. 1934 | 41 | 11 | 46 | — | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 135 |
| Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses) | 109 | 54 | 34 | 35 | 59 | 437 | 107 | 189 | 1,364 | — | 2,388 |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 42 | 48 | 6 | 4 | — | 102 | 2 | 44 | 32 | — | 280 |
| Markets | 21 | 3 | 259 | 3 | 23 | 135 | 11 | 147 | 236 | — | 838 |
| Slaughterhouses | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 |
| Bakehouses | 30 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 30 | — | 133 |
| Milk Vendors | 22 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 74 | 53 | 37 | 95 | — | 347 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | 25 |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 33 | 19 | 14 | 43 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 20 | — | 12 | 184 |
| Factories (Non-mechanical) | 24 | 5 | 8 | 32 | — | 8 | — | — | — | 38 | 115 |
| Outworkers | 3 | 6 | 6 | — | 2 | — | 9 | 3 | — | 73 | 102 |
| Public Urinals | 88 | 37 | 20 | — | 52 | 34 | 79 | 37 | — | 3 | 350 |
| Drainage | 233 | 42 | 246 | 5 | 11 | 225 | 134 | 264 | — | — | 1,160 |
| Miscellaneous | 406 | 150 | 81 | 55 | 92 | 252 | 280 | 546 | 115 | 26 | 2,003 |
| Re-visits | 1,461 | 428 | 1,675 | 86 | 1,246 | 835 | 1,155 | 1,728 | — | 57 | 8,671 |
| Child Life Protection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 324 | 324 |
| Common Lodging Houses | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | |
| Pharmacy and Poisons Acts | 16 | 2 | 25 | — | 1 | 4 | 10 | 22 | — | — | 80 |
| Cancer | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 15 |
| Rest Centres | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 18 |
| Air Raid Shelters | 116 | 29 | 124 | — | 88 | 200 | 183 | 61 | — | — | 801 |
| Fire Watchers Order | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| War Damage—House to House | 45 | 46 | — | 26 | — | 45 | — | 179 | — | — | 341 |
| War Damage | — | — | 62 | 130 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | 252 |
| Women's Hostels | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 3,406 | 1,042 | 3,164 | 467 | 1,890 | 2,730 | 2,632 | 3,790 | 2,016 | 3,092 | 24,229 |