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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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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 Diseases6842
Complaints1,7991,463
Housing Act14
Food (other than Restaurants)2118
Restaurants, &c.1820
Bakehouses55
Milk Vendors10—
Factories (Mechanical)2018
Factories (Non-Mechanical)33
Public Urinals86
Drainage3810
Miscellaneous9236
Re-visits365433
Shops Act, 1934411
War Damage817
A.R.P. Shelters21
Requisitioning of Houses11
Smoke Observations5—
Total2,4682,088
During the year 783 Statutory Notices were served and 668 complied with.

Table: SUMMONSES—YEAR 1943.

SUMMONSES—YEAR 1943.

The following table shows the number of proceedings instituted during the year:—
Public Health (London) Act, 193666
Housing Act, 19362
Pood and Drugs Act. 19386
L.C.C. Lodging House Byelaws6
L.C.C. Drainage Byelaws3
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act. 1915,
and Milk and Dairies Order, 19262
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 19191