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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
Stepney 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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REPORT OF INSPECTIONS, Etc. BY THE DISTRICT SANITARY INSPECTORS—1939—
| W. E. Anstee. | J. H. Brownlee. | J.J. Coveney. | W. Cue. | R. W. G. Day | G. D. Freeland. | C. F. Guy. | W. H. Haworth | W. H. Howard. | J. Keniry. | S. Lowther. | J. G. McCarthy. | R. Roper | W. F. Smith. | W. T. Twynham. | E. P. Webber. | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy & Poisons Act | 25 | 13 | 6 | 63 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 223 |
| Rag Flock Acts | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | _ | — | 16 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,324 | 705 | 509 | 547 | 1,325 | 374 | 944 | 634 | 643 | 858 | 708 | 627 | 1,097 | 1,227 | 710 | 880 | 13,112 |
| Observations re Smoke Nuisance | 4 | 8 | 113 | 88 | 83 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 12 | — | 19 | 26 | 1 | — | 389 |
| Re-Visits | 1,080 | 1,527 | 778 | 672 | 1,951 | 1,220 | 1,183 | 630 | 1,115 | 772 | 1,046 | 1,557 | 1,228 | 1,319 | 1,488 | 1,267 | 18,833 |
| Intimations served | 542 | 391 | 306 | 190 | 660 | 494 | 436 | 394 | 953 | 232 | 421 | 705 | 461 | 482 | 621 | 745 | 8,033 |
| Statutory Notices served | 46 | 98 | 23 | 23 | 184 | 117 | 156 | 122 | 258 | 40 | 153 | 97 | 89 | 147 | 134 | 225 | 1,912 |
| No. of Summonses taken out | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 12 |
| Factories with mechanical power | 129 | 112 | 130 | 69 | 110 | 93 | 56 | 152 | 34 | 64 | 29 | 35 | 181 | 112 | 84 | 144 | 1544 |
| Factories without mechanical power | 65 | 59 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 61 | 21 | 42 | 8 | 73 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 29 | 75 | 540 |
| Other premises under the Act | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | 15 | — | — | 12 | 9 | — | 16 | 126 |