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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 1964

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

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Drinking water
Accommodation for clothing
Seating arrangements
Seats for sedentary workers
Eating facilities
Floors, passages and stairs
Fencing of exposed parts of machinery
Cleaning of machinery
Training and supervision of persons working at dangerous
machines
Prohibition of heavy work
First aid
Penalisation of dangerous acts and interference with equipment
Dangerous conditions and practices
Information for employees
During 1964, 8,254 applications for registration were received; a
total of 4,790 visits were made by the public health inspectors to all types
of office premises, including 461 visits for specific purposes under the
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act.

Table: Sanitary Circumstances Duties performed by the Public Health Inspectors The following statistics relate to the work of the public health inspectors during 1964:— Dwelling Houses Reasons for initial inspections:-

Sanitary Circumstances Duties performed by the Public Health Inspectors The following statistics relate to the work of the public health inspectors during 1964:— Dwelling Houses Reasons for initial inspections:-

I nspeclions
Complaints605
House to House (by Housing Inspectors)37
Routine1,452
Smoke Control Areas345
Infectious Disease74
Underground Rooms52
Housing circumstances126
Applications for Loans and Grants127
Drainage417
Rodent Control890
Miscellaneous84
4,209