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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 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Sanitary Inspection of the District.

Table: Report of the Sanitary Inspectors.

Report of the Sanitary Inspectors.

(a) Nature and number of visits:—
Houses850
Nuisances under Public Health Acts2,565
Bakehouses57
Slaughterhouses26
Milkshops, dairies and vehicles69
Foodshops and stalls1,441
Cafes468
Infectious disease enquiries2,506
Visits to foster mothers' premises35
Number of complaints investigated745
Outworkers' premises54
Factories159
Workplaces38
Tents, vans and sheds51
Stables27
Hairdressers' and Barbers' premises84
Shops Act, 193417
Houses fumigated97
Inspections re billeting of war workers90
Rodent Control619
Other visits9
(b) Notices servedComplied with.
Statutory 3655
Informal 388309