London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of Westminster 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Duties Performed by the Sanitary Inspectors.
The following statistics show the work of the Sanitary Inspectors
during the year. These figures are divided under the headings. Housing,
Factories and Workplaces, Catering and Food.
Summary of Inspections of all Types of Premises.
| Dwellings | 4,950 | 9,367 |
| Factories, workplaces and shops (other than food), &c. | 2,252 | 3,495 |
| Catering establishments and food premises | 1,919 | 3,551 |
| 9,121 | 16,413 |
| Sampling of food | 651 |
| Inspection of food | 1,278 |
| Smoke and noise | 805 |
| Rat and mice repression | 1,757 |
| 4,491 | |
| Drainage plans submitted | 671 |
| Combined Drainage Orders made | 47 |