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
Romford 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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| Food preparing premises | 44 |
| Foodshops | 463 |
| Fostermothers | 32 |
| Infectious Disease | 343 |
| Keeping of Animals | 17 |
| Markets | 39 |
| Meat Depots | 34 |
| Public Baths | 26 |
| Public Conveniences | 2 |
| Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act | 2,300 |
| Shops Acts | 103 |
| Slaughterhouses | 550 |
| Stables | 2 |
| Streams and Ponds | 17 |
| Tents, Vans and Sheds | 72 |
| Verminous Premises | 96 |
| Water Supplies | 41 |
| (b) Informal Notices (Number served) | 1,058 |
| Statutory Notices (Number served) | 138 |
(c) As a result of the service of Notices, the necessary works
were completed by the owners or occupiers in all cases
except 205, the works for which were still in hand at the
end of the year.
(v) Factories Act, 1937.
A summary of the statistics, as required by the Ministry of
Health, is given below:—
Table 10.
| 1. Inspections. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premises. | Number on Register. | Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers Prosecuted. |
| (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 22 | 52 | 5 | - |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 167 | 12 | - | - |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding Out-Workers premises) | 22 | - | - | - |
| Total | 211 | 64 | 5 | - |