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Hammersmith 1942

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

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

Notices Served.Notices complied with.
Infectious Diseases5527
Complaints1,5391,358
House to House55
Housing Act2
Food (other than Restaurants)1313
Restaurants, &c2520
Bakehouses710
Milk Vendors96
Factories (Mechanical)3820
Factories (Non-Mechanical)69
Public Urinals86
Markets2_
Drainage126
Miscellaneous8358
Rs-visits359347
Outworkers2
Shops Act, 19341610
War Damage7693
Total2,2571,988

During the year 599 Statutory Notices were served and
510 complied with.

SUMMONSES—YEAR 1942. The following table shows the number of proceedings instituted during the year:—

Public Health (London) Act. 193636
Housing Act, 19362
Food and Drugs Act, 193832
H.B.C. Byelaws—Yard paving1
Sale of Milk Regulations, 19391
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915, and Milk and Dairies Order. 19266