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 1947
[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 | 55 | 4 | 2 |
| Cancer | 3 | - | – |
| Complaints | 5,202 | 2,917 | 1,877 |
| Drainage | 1,615 | 30 | 25 |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 185 | 10 | 12 |
| Factories (Non-mechanical). | 81 | 9 | 5 |
| Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses) | 1,415 | 11 | 10 |
| Housing Act | 39 | 11 | 2 |
| Ice Cream Vendors | 425 | – | – |
| Infectious Diseases | 724 | 16 | 12 |
| Licences (Building) | 4,095 | 2 | 2 |
| Markets | 682 | – | – |
| Milk Vendors | 303 | – | – |
| Outworkers | 547 | 11 | 9 |
| Pharmacy and Medicines Act | 91 | – | – |
| Public Urinals | 87 | 1 | 1 |
| Rats and Mice | 1,183 | 139 | 105 |
| Re-Housing | 767 | 38 | 6 |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 163 | 7 | 6 |
| Scabies | 458 | 3 | 1 |
| Shops Act | 62 | 2 | 1 |
| Slaughterhouses | 7 | – | – |
| Smoke Observations | 43 | 3 | – |
| Miscellaneous | 1,158 | 27 | 20 |
| Re-visits | 6,062 | 614 | 541 |
| No Answer | 2,981 | – | – |
| 28,433 | 3,855 | 2,637 | |
| No. of Ineffective Visits | 2,981 | – | – |
| Total | 25,452 | 3,855 | 2,637 |
During the year 1.297 Statutory Notices were served and
884 complied with.
INCREASE OF RENT AND MORTGAGE
RESTRICTIONS ACT, 1920 1939.
During the year 44 applications were received for certificates
under the above Act, and in 35 cases certificates were
granted.
This total includes eleven applications from owners, nine
of which were issued as the work specified had been completed
satisfactorily.