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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 1935
[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 of:— | ||
| Houses | 4,676 | |
| Bakehouses | 45 | |
| Slaughterhouses | 864 | |
| Milkshops and dairies | 48 | |
| Cowsheds | 1 | |
| Foodshops | 746 | |
| Infectious disease enquiries | 2,651 | |
| Food poisoning enquiries | 18 | |
| Visits to foster mothers'premises | 27 | |
| Smoke observations | 30 | |
| No. of nuisances investigated | 607 | |
| Outworkers'premises | 89 | |
| Houses let in lodgings | 45 | |
| Ice-cream premises | 196 | |
| Factories, workshops, etc. | 127 | |
| Rooms fumigated | 326 | |
| Other visits | 119 | |
On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901.
In this district there are 52 factories, 125 workshops,
and 65 workplaces, to which visits were paid during the
year as follows :—
Factories 36, workshops 69, workplaces 22. Two
written notices were served during the year in respect
of factories.