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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: 3,621 re-inspections were made following the above inspections.

3,621 re-inspections were made following the above inspections.

types of premises inspected
Places of public entertainment182
Carpentry, joinery, &c38
Wearing apparel1,526
Furriers136
Garages, motor tyres and rubberworks76
Boots and shoes and other leather goods81
Jewellers, precious and other metalworkers72
Cigar and cigarette manufacturers3
Hairdressers322
Laundries and dry cleaners15
Printers and publishers170
Warehouses and packers131
Shops (other than food)940
Upholstery and carpets20
Photographers, film renters64
Opticians6
Florists2
Offices4,298
Surgical goods4
Stables and Mews2
Various (schools, hospitals, halls, stations, &c.)2,322
10,410

Table: Notices served.

Notices served.

Factories, Power.Factories, Non-Power., Workplaces, Offices, Shops, &c.Total.
Public Health (London) Act,
19361——1
Factories Act, 193732201163
Shops Act, 1950——11
33201265

Table: Nuisances, defective and unsatisfactory conditions found.

Nuisances, defective and unsatisfactory conditions found.

Factories, Power.Factories. Non-Power.Workplaces, Offices, Shops, &c.
Defective, dirty internally3127
Verminous—-1
Damp1—12
Defective drainage2—22
Defective roofs333
Defective area paving, &c.-—1