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 1960

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

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Table: Notices Served

Notices Served

Factories PowerFactories, Non-powerWork places, Offices, Shops, etc.Total
Public Health (London) Act, 1936__66
Factories Act, 193775—12
75618

Table: Nuisances, Defective and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found

Nuisances, Defective and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found

Factories PowerFactories NonpowerWork places, Offices, Shops, etc.
Defective, dirty internally533
Verminous——1
Damp——9
Defective drainage—,—15
Defective roof——1
Sanitary accommodation:—
Unsuitable——2
Defective or dirty11311
Not separate for sexes—21
Water taps not off main——1
Smells——63
Rubbish——29
Animals——2
Other nuisances——10
Want of ventilation——2
Cockroaches——8
Overcrowding——2
No indicating notices on doors of water closets.3-_