London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| Cause of Inspection | No. of Inspections | No. of Notices served. | No. of Notices complied with. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 58 | 2 | I |
| Cancer | 5 | — | — |
| Complaints | 4,298 | 1,209 | 1,076 |
| Drainage | 1,797 | 18 | 24 |
| Evacuation | 116 | — | — |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 258 | 15 | 14 |
| Factories (Non-mechanical) | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses) | 2,568 | 4 | 9 |
| Housing Act | 101 | 1 | 1 |
| Infectious Diseases | 1,761 | 20 | 17 |
| Licences (Building) | 769 | 1 | — |
| Markets | 1,068 | — | — |
| Milk Vendors | 504 | 4 | 4 |
| Outworkers | 199 | — | — |
| Pharmacy and Medicines Act | 64 | 1 | — |
| Public Urinals | 179 | 1 | — |
| Rats (Sewer) | 110 | — | — |
| Rats and Mice | 2,231 | 108 | 37 |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 254 | 12 | 7 |
| Requisitioning of Houses | 58 | — | — |
| Scabies | 140 | — | 1 |
| Shelters (A.R.P.) | 359 | 4 | — |
| Shops Act | 33 | 2 | 1 |
| Slaughterhouses | 1 | — | — |
| Smoke Observations | 77 | 8 | — |
| War Damage | 259 | 63 | 22 |
| Re-visits | 7,292 | 154 | 322 |
| Miscellaneous | 2,163 | 40 | 27 |
| Total | 26,642 | 1,669 | 1,564 |
| During the year 590 Statutory Notices were served and 475 complied with. | |||
INCREASE OF RENT AND MORTGAGE
RESTRICTIONS ACT, 1920/38.
During the year 7 applications were received for certificates
under the above Act, and in 5 cases certificates were
granted.
This total includes two applications from owners, both
of which were issued as the work specified had been completed
satisfactorily.