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
Tower Hamlets 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 45 VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
| Type of Premises | No. | Visits or inspections |
|---|---|---|
| Registered and Licensed Premises | ||
| Common Lodging Houses | 3 | 28 |
| Fur Skin Dressers | 3 | 3 |
| Hairdressers | 170 | 108 |
| Ice-Cream | 360 | 256 |
| Massage Establishments | 3 | 5 |
| Milk Distributors | 249 | 236 |
| Pet Shops and Stalls | 66 | 102 |
| Pharmacy and Poisons | 66 | 76 |
| Poultry Slaughterhouses | 20 | 192 |
| Prepared Food - Meat | 100 | 77 |
| - Fish | 73 | 76 |
| Rag Flock | 31 | 25 |
| Seamen's Lodging Houses | 2 | 4 |
| Dwellings | ||
| No. of visits on complaint ) | 6,717 | |
| No. of visits for drainage ) | 61, 406 | 3,398 |
| No. of revisits ) | 6,421 | |
| No. of other visits | 1,590 | |
| Other Premises | ||
| Bakehouses | 34 | 89 |
| Baker Shops and Stalls | 84 | 166 |
| Butcher Shops and Stalls | 163 | 282 |
| Canteens and Clubs | 626 | 221 |
| Chemists | 53 | 22 |
| Confectionery Shops and Stalls | 344 | 292 |
| Fish Shops and Stalls | 120 | 126 |
| Greengrocers and Fruiterers Shops and Stalls | 492 | 410 |
| Grocers Shops and Stalls | 354 | 454 |
| Hospitals, Institutions and Day Nurseries | 39 | 10 |
| Public Houses | 439 | 693 |
| Poultry Shops and Stalls | 105 | 85 |
| Restaurants, Cafes and Stalls | 547 | 764 |
| School Meal Centres | 138 | 90 |
| Wholesale Food Depots, Markets and Wharves | 143 | 1, 430 |
| Other Food Premises | 152 | 137 |
| Food Delivery Vehicles | - | 25 |
| Factories (Mechanical) | 1, 672 | 1,639 |
| Factories (Non-Mechanical) | 106 | 22 |
| Factories (other) | 78 | 7 |
| Outworkers | 735 | 687 |
| Schools | 101 | 171 |
| Drainage Works | - | 1, 996 |
| 29,131 | ||
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