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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| Cause of Inspection | No, of Inspections | No. of Re-visits | No. of notices served | No. of notices complied with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offices) Shops ) | 1575 | 1032 | 224 | |
| Noise | 435 | 35 | . | - |
| Public Urinals | 32 | - | - | - |
| Fireguard Regulations | 74 | - | - | - |
| Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs | 3 | - | - | - |
| Infectious Disease | 184 | - | - | |
| Rats 81 Mice | - | - | - | |
| Pigeons | 484 | - | - | - |
| Clean Air | 4796 | 64 | - | |
| Miscellaneous | 3940 | 199 | 64 | 47. |
| No access | 9437 | - | - | |
| TOTALS | 39,494 | 9,356 | 1,927 | |
| 905 Statutory Notices were served and 894 were complied with during the year. | ||||
Summonses Proceedings instituted during the year:
Public Health Acts 39
Food & Drugs Act, 1955, and Regulations
made thereunder 44
Housing Act 2
Seworoge
The main sewers and the sewage disposal system in London are the responsibility of
the Greater London Council.Rainwater and soil sewage are carried in the same sewers, but the
arrangements for Hammersmith are not yet adequate inasmuch as some basements in the Borough
are liable to flooding from time to time when heavy storms cause the sewers to be surcharged.
However, work now being undertaken by the Greater London Council to obviate the trouble caused
by storm water is nearing completion.
Metropolitan Water Board Roport
I am indebted to Dr. E. Windle Taylor, M.A.,M.D.,D.P.H.,M.R.C.S.,L.R.C.P., for the following Report:
Water Supply
The water supplied to the Borough by the Metropolitan Water Board during 1967, has been
satisfactory both in quantity and quality. It is derived from the River Thames, stored in the Thames
Valley reservoirs and filtered and chlorinated at the Board's Surbiton, Hampton and Ashford Common
Works. The average result of chemical and bacteriological analyses of water supplied are set out
below:-
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