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 1962

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

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Table: Inspection of Factories, Workplaces, Shops, Offices and Other Premises (other than food premises)

Inspection of Factories, Workplaces, Shops, Offices and Other Premises (other than food premises)

Total Number of Visits
Factories—Power225
Factories—Non-power70
Workplaces, etc.4,091
Offices5,060
Shops (other than food)848
10,294
Reasons for initial inspections:-
Complaints530
Routine1,192
Infectious Disease09
Drainage526
Rodent Control509
Sanitary Defects1
Other Reasons30
2,857
Re-inspections7,437
Types of premises inspected
Places of public entertainment242
Carpentry, joinery, etc.6
Wearing apparel225
Furriers22
Garages, motor tyres and rubberworks131
Boots and shoes and other leather goods22
Jewellers, precious and other metal-workers27
Hairdressers57
Laundries and dry cleaners27
Printers and publishers80
Warehouses and packers41
Shops (other than food)848
Photographers, film renters25
Opticians2
Florists7
Offices5,060
Various (schools, hospitals, halls, building sites, etc.)3,472
10,294