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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
BOROUGH.
Inspections.—Tho following table shows the number of
visits made in each district under the various inspection
heads:—
NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING 1942.
| Cause of Inspection. | Inspectors. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. A. Collins | P. T. Bayes | E. J. Nether | F. Q. Barry | J. R. Bally | J. E. Broadhead | J. C. Hopkins | G. W Herrick | H. W. Potter | W. Rigby | W. J. Godden | Miss E. M Cross | Total | |
| Infectious Disease | 20 | 82 | 71 | 25 | 100 | 45 | 188 | 109 | 17 | 8 | _ | 3,023 | 3.688 |
| Complaints | 277 | 729 | 479 | 293 | 601 | 188 | 565 | 334 | 233 | 93 | 18 | 193 | 4.003 |
| House to House | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 |
| Housing Acts | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 27 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 49 |
| Food | 80 | 139 | 297 | 232 | 85 | 38 | 118 | 70 | 26 | 14 | 822 | — | 1,921 |
| Restaurants | 26 | 94 | 59 | 30 | 8 | 21 | 48 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 15 | — | 337 |
| Markets | 6 | 12 | 147 | 16 | 17 | 37 | 40 | 139 | 106 | — | 233 | — | 753 |
| Bakehouses | 8 | 36 | 49 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 7 | — | 184 |
| Milk Vendors | 6 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 19 | — | 21 | 6 | — | 18 | 201 | — | 317 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | 8 | — | 8 |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 22 | 62 | 50 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 106 | 162 | — | 21 | — | 67 | 548 |
| Factories (Non-mechanical) | 5 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 7 | — | 2 | — | 25 | 120 |
| Outworkers | 2 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 92 | 123 |
| Public Urinals | 24 | 77 | 61 | 31 | 119 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 377 |
| Drainage | 89 | 287 | 282 | 284 | 90 | 48 | 180 | 193 | 101 | 64 | — | — | 1,618 |
| Miscellaneous | 140 | 290 | 559 | 135 | 283 | 126 | 255 | 179 | 31 | 80 | 464 | 24 | 2,566 |
| Re-visits | 720 | 1,625 | 1,551 | 567 | 2,152 | 578 | 1,145 | 469 | 703 | 168 | — | 51 | 9,729 |
| Shops Act | 26 | 75 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 54 | 22 | 4 | 106 | — | — | 351 |
| Pharmacy and Poisons | — | 17 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 11 | — | — | 23 | 4 | — | — | 84 |
| Common Lodging Houses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| War Damage | 88 | 63 | 397 | 120 | 123 | 42 | 52 | 28 | 130 | 289 | — | — | 1,332 |
| Air Raid Shelters | 5 | 21 | 45 | 13 | 34 | — | 16 | 12 | 31 | 10 | — | — | 187 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | 24 |
| Smoke Observations | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Child Life Protection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 87 | 87 |
| Cancer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| Total | 1,546 | 3,669 | 4,116 | 1,841 | 3,729 | 1,165 | 2,905 | 1,812 | 1.424 | 893 | 1,770 | 3,569 | 28,439 |