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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Notices served and complied with during the year:—
| Cause of Inspection. | No. of Inspections. | No. of Notices served. | No. of Notices complied with. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 40 | 4 | 3 |
| Cancer | 3 | - | - |
| Complaints | 5,173 | 3,033 | 2,094 |
| Drainage | 1,348 | 33 | 26 |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 239 | 21 | 15 |
| Factories (Non-mechanical) | 42 | 7 | 7 |
| Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses) | 1,407 | 12 | 10 |
| Housing Act | 35 | 2 | 1 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | 355 | - | - |
| Infectious Diseases | 848 | 21 | 10 |
| Licences (Building) | 5,064 | 2 | 3 |
| Markets | 976 | - | - |
| Milk Vendors | 431 | 3 | 3 |
| Outworkers | 202 | 1 | 1 |
| Pharmacy and Medicines Act | 87 | - | - |
| Public Urinals | 43 | - | - |
| Rats and Mice | 1,204 | 132 | 89 |
| Re-Housing | 931 | 11 | 2 |
| Restaurants and Fating Houses | 141 | 9 | 6 |
| Scabies | 727 | 7 | 3 |
| Shops Act | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Slaughterhouses | 3 | - | - |
| Smoke Observations | 35 | 3 | - |
| War Damage | 36 | 5 | 34 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,344 | 44 | 15 |
| Re-visits | 6,972 | 512 | 393 |
| No Answer | 2,980 | - | - |
| No. of Ineffective Visits | 30,679 | 3,863 | 2,716 |
| 2,980 | - | - | |
| Total | 27,699 | 3,863 | 2,716 |
During the year 1,282 Statutory Notices were served and
952 complied with.
INCREASE OF RENT AND MORTGAGE
RESTRICTIONS ACT, 1920 1939.
During the year 16 applications were received for certificates
under the above Act, and in 15 cases certificates were
granted.