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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Table: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (A) SANITARY INSPECTION.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (A) SANITARY INSPECTION.

Cause of Inspection.No. of Inspections.No. of Notices served.No. of Notices complied with.
Bakehouses1201-
Cancer———
Complaints4,1252,2722,889
Drainage1,8803023
Factories (Mechanical)4732833
Factories (Non-mechanical)226107
Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses)1,974155
House to House852418167
Housing Act374——
Ice Cream Vendors3142—
Infectious Diseases27297
Licences (Building)1,20573
Markets372——
Milk Vendors42521
Outworkers1,2981011
Pharmacy and Medicines Act101——-
Public Urinals3——
Rats and Mice1,589175114
Re-Housing1,I917393
Restaurants and Fating Houses4681817
Shops Act1801119
Slaughterhouses.2——
Smoke Observations1639—
Miscellaneous1,6217752
Re-visits15,9281,2051,134
No Answer6,041——
No. of Ineffective Visits41,1974,3724,575
6,041——
Total35,1564,3724,575

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During the year, 2,232 Statutory Notices were served and
1,028 complied with.

Table: (B) SUMMONSES—Proceedings instituted during the year

(B) SUMMONSES—Proceedings instituted during the year

Public Health (London) Act, 1936257
Food and Drugs Act, 193817
Housing Act, 1936, and L.C.C. Byelaws2
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 19499
H.B.C. Byelaws3