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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 1951

[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 InspectionNo. of InspectionsNo. of Notices servedNo. of Notices com plied with
Bakehouses901-
Cancer1--_
Complaints4,1972,2412,194
Drainage1,594917
Factories (Mechanical)5933726
Factories (Non-mechanical)2341919
Food (other than Restaurants and Eating Houses)2,27981
House to House368135262
Housing Act243413
Ice Cream Vendors259-—
Infectious Diseases35988
Licences (Building)98823
Markets198——
Milk Vendors3011—
Outworkers1,396127
Pharmacy and Medicines Act84——
Public Urinals3——
Rag Flock Act19——
Rats and Mice3,12013477
Re-Housing8165949
Restaurants and Eating Houses5702018
Scabies1-—
Shops Act14088
Slaughterhouses———
Smoke Observations9432
Miscellaneous1,7464747
Re-visits14,8569981,336
No Answer4,518——
39,0673,7464,087
No. of Ineffective Visits4,518——
Total34,5493,7464,087

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During the year, 2,064 Statutory Notices were served and
2,001 complied with.

Table: (B) SUMMONSES—Proceedings instituted during theyear

(B) SUMMONSES—Proceedings instituted during theyear

Public Health (London) Act, 1936326
Food and Drugs Act, 193811
Housing Act, 19362
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 19495
H.B.C. Byelaws4
L.C.C. Byelaws34
Merchandise Marks Act, 19262