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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 1943
[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 1943.
| Cause of Inspection | Inspectors | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. A. Collins | P. T. Bayes | 1 E. J. Nether | F. Q. Barry | J. R. Bailey | J. E. Broadhead | J. C. Hopkins | G. W Herrick | W. Eigby | W. J. Godden | Miss E. M Cross | Total | |
| Infectious Disease | 75 | 108 | 103 | 109 | 86 | 104 | 140 | 124 | 1 | — | 2,140 | 2,990 |
| Complaints | 491 | 781 | 693 | 756 | 810 | 674 | S09 | 723 | — | 27 | 71 | 5,835 |
| House to House | — | _ | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | _ | |
| Housing Act | 18 | 20 | 64 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 34 | — | — | 226 |
| Food | 127 | 161 | 277 | 317 | 89 | 100 | 166 | 153 | — | 523 | — | 1,983 |
| Restaurants | 21 | 103 | 86 | 39 | 6 | 29 | 63 | 63 | — | — | — | 410 |
| Markets | 10 | 12 | 98 | 34 | 10 | 116 | 44 | 273 | — | — | 599 | |
| Bakehouses | 8 | 25 | 38 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | 135 |
| Milk Vendors | 23 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | — | — | 567 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | 502 | — | 2 | |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 32 | 39 | 29 | 53 | 15 | 35 | 58 | 326 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 605 |
| Factories (Non-mechanical) | 7 | 11 | 9 | — | 1 | 31 | 40 | — | — | 10 | 109 | |
| Outworkers | 2 | 1 | 9 | — | 2 | — | 22 | 2 | — | — | 73 | 111 |
| Public Urinals | 34 | 97 | 47 | 23 | 90 | 48 | 14 | 86 | — | — | — | 439 |
| Drainage | 103 | 260 | 272 | 394 | 178 | 286 | 272 | 293 | — | — | — | 2,061 |
| Miscellaneous | 200 | 521 | 806 | 335 | 226 | 559 | 489 | 307 | 448 | 2 | 82 | 4,267 |
| Re-visits | 764 | 1,424 | 1,698 | 1,672 | 1,339 | 1,799 | 1,051 | 1.364 | — | 294 | 84 | 11,195 |
| Shops Act | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 45 | 44 | 13 | — | — | — | 162 |
| Pharmacy and Medicines | 7 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 15 | _ | — | — | 122 |
| War Damage | 21 | — | 22 | 116 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 13 | — | — | — | 221 |
| A.R.P. Shelters | 6 | 15 | 32 | 29 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 30 | 1 | — | — | 181 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Requisitioning of^Houses | _ | 181 | 234 | 81 | 154 | 131 | 44 | — | — | — | 825 | |
| Smoke Observations | — | 8 | — | — | 21 | 7 | 13 | — | — | — | — | 49 |
| Total | 1,962 | 3,630 4489 | 4,194 | 3,081 | 4,065 | 3,393 | 3.886 | 501 | 1,421 | 2,474 | 30,096 | |
| * Joined H.M. Forces on 8.11.43. | ||||||||||||