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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
Dagenham 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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Sanitary Inspection of the District. Report of the Sanitary Inspectors.
| (a) Nature and Number of Inspections:— | ||
| Houses | 682 | |
| Bakehouses | 48 | |
| Slaughterhouses | 536 | |
| Meat condemned and surrendered | 2,812 lbs. | |
| Carcases inspected | 2,042 | |
| Milkshops and Dairies | 95 | |
| Cowsheds | 36 | |
| Foodshops inspections | 722 | |
| Infectious diseases enquiries | 6,421 | |
| Houses disinfected | 1,063 | |
| No. of Nuisances investigated | 149 | |
| (b) Notices served. | Complied with. | |
| Statutory | 88 | 88 |
| Informal | 149 | 149 |
On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
In this district there are 29 factories, 34 workshops, and 43 workplaces.
1. Inspection.
| PREMISES. | Number of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |||
| Factories | 67 | 2 | — | ||
| Workshops | 102 | 1 | — | ||
| Workplaces | 112 | 6 | — | ||
| 2. Defects. Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
| Found. | Remedied. | ||||
| Defective Sanitary Accommodation | — | — | |||
| "Other Nuisances " | 9 | 9 | |||