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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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Table: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (A) SANITARY INSPECTIONS

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (A) SANITARY INSPECTIONS

Cause of InspectionNo. of InspectionsNo. of Notices servedNo. of Notices complied with
Atmospheric Pollution7--
Bakehouses49--
Complaints289682468 7
Drainage2381257
Factories (Mechanical)3471414
Factories (Non-Mechanical)14956
Food (other than Restaurants & Eating Houses)233275
Hairdressers & Barbers198910
Housing Act722331
Housing Applications289141
House to House15-1
Housing Repairs and Rents Act553175
Ice cream Vendors2951-
Infectious Diseases332--
Markets672--
Milk Vendors256--
Outworkers100 3--
Pet Animals Act24--
Pharmacy & Poisons Act110--
Public urinals28--
Rag Flock Act3--
Rats and Mice30585637
Restaurants and Eating Houses58294
Shops Act25996
Slaughter houses3--
Smoke Observations138--
Miscellaneous14 113226
Re-visits7310342590
No answer1180--
No, of Ineffective visits2660213971400
1180--
Total2542213971400

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During the year 566 Statutory Notices were served and 414 complied
with.

Table: (B) SUMMONSES Proceedings instituted during the year

(B) SUMMONSES Proceedings instituted during the year

Public Health (London) Act, 193656
Food and Drugs Act 19556
L C. C. Byelaws4
Housing Act, 19366