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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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The following is a summary of the work for the year with comparable
figures for 1956 in brackets.
Premises inspected:
Dwellings 471 (525): Business 975 (1,108) 1,446 ( 1,633)
Complaints:
Rats 373 (364); Mice 155 (121) 528 (485)
"Discovered* other than by complaint:
Dwellings 30 (41); Business 7 (18) 37 (58)
Premises infested by rats:
Dwellings 219 (277); Business 65 (55) 284 (332)
Premises infested by mice:
Dwellings 137 ( 85); Business 43 ( 30) 180 (115)
Premises treated for infestations
by Councill staff 459 (447)
Major infestations 25 ( 23)
Notices served relating to Rodent Control 56 (75)
Inspections and re-inspections by Public
Health Inspectors re Rodent Control 2,752 (2,444)
Atmospheric Pollution
The two stations set up in 1954 at Westville Road and Livingstone
Schools for measuring and recording the extent of atmospheric pollution
continued to function together with the lead peroxide instrument in Ravenscourt
Park maintained by the London County Council.
A comparison of total solids in tons per square mile deposited in
Hammersmith which is partly industrial and mostly residential, and the
average amount deposited in Harlow, a new town, Warrington an industrial
town in Lancashire, and Stepney an industrial and residential area in the
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