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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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table: SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICTReport of the Public Health Inspectors.(a) Nature and number of visits :—

SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT

Report of the Public Health Inspectors.

(a) Nature and number of visits :—

Overcrowding and Housing Conditions1,256
Nuisances under Public Health Acts—
Dwelling-houses4,304
Other Premises929
Bakehouses68
Milkshops and dairies72
Foodshops, stalls and itinerant vendors2,418
Gates and canteens615
Infectious disease enquiries854
Visits to foster-mothers' premises98
Number of complaints investigated874
Outworkers' premises151
Workplaces and offices39
Rag Flock, etc.31
Tents, vans and sheds231
Stables12
Pet Shops40
Hairdressers' and barbers' premises117
Shops Act330
Ice Cream premises and vehicles297
Houses disinfested10
Other visits130

Table: (b) Notices served :—Complied with :—

(b) Notices served :—

Complied with :—

Statutory 146125
Informal 811841